St Joseph's Cathedral

Little Hanoi, Little Hanoi....

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May 26th 2008
After leaving Lao we head to Hanoi, the Capital of Vietnam. We got there in the afternoon and after finding a taxi with a reasonable price (man, some of them are really trying to rip you off here....more on this later). When we got into Hanoi I could not believe the traffic and the crazy way vietnamese people drive. I thought Rome was bad but this is thousand times worst, and you can only hear the ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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