Cheap beer in Hanoi

Northern Vietnam: Sapa and Halong Bay (and the longest bus ride ever)

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May 30th 2008
It was an Irish traveler we met in Saigon who put it best, "To travel in the North, you need a good sense of humour." What he meant by that statement is that you need to be able to take a step back from your heated argument with the pushy guest-house manager or ignore that the deluxe tour you were promised is nowhere to be found, and simply laugh at the situation. And we did, for a while - but ... 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