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Watcha' Cock!  
   

Watcha' Cock!

This one and many others surrounding a tomb as part of an exhibit at the Museum of ethnology in Hanoi.
Ha Noi rocks!

April 3rd 2008
It's not often that you fly into a country and see people in conical hats working in rice fields on both sides of the runway but this is the sight Graham & I are greeted with as we touch down in Viet Nam. Yes and contrary to all the English spellings of this country's name, it DOES have two parts, (as do most of its towns e.g. Ha Noi and Sa Pa.) We are picked up by a driver from our guest house, ... read more
Asia » Vietnam

Vietnamese Flag 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
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