Hoan Kiem Lake

Hanoi Still Sucks (but not as bad)

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March 17th 2006
Well. If you read my previous entry “Hanoi Sucks” then you’ll have an idea of the setbacks my relationship with Hanoi has endured already. I must say I am only back here because there is no other way to get from Sapa to Halong Bay. We got to Hanoi at some ungodly hour of the morning, got ripped off twice by cab drivers and largely due to this it took us just over 2 hours from disembarking th ... read more

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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