Temple on Hoan Kiem Lake

Hanoi and Halong Bay

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June 27th 2008
We arrived in Vietnam after being told we would have to pay for a medical at the boarder!! We managed to escape that one thank god!! Hanoi is a really great city, there are 2 million motorbikes on the road and its really crazy but really cool to! We have been to the Hanoi Hilton where John Mccain was held prisoner, to see Ho Chi min's body and palace and to a really cool army museum covering ... 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