Vietnamese Dancers

Shoe Heaven

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July 6th 2008
Vietnam! So we arrived in Hanoi 2 weeks ago. We were told that the local people in Northern Vietnam especially were not very nice, but so far everything has been really good with a couple of exceptions. In Hanoi we took a taxi to the waterpark, instead of using his meter (which he could take us on a more scenic route to up the charge) we agreed on a set price of 60,000 dong (approx $3.70 CN ... 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