Typical village house outside Sapa

The land of a million motorbikes - welcome to Vietnam!

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January 3rd 2008
For the last couple of months we have had a ball wandering around South East Asia and Vietnam was a great first stop! The moment we crossed the border into Vietnam from China we noticed a major difference - the people smiled and said hello to us, even the tuk tuk/taxi drivers were at least a bit more enthused! The room we got for US$10 a night in the border town of Lao Cai was clean, had a balc ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more