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Finish w/China, Begin Vietnam

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November 12th 2008
Well, I've been lazy in keeping up with my travel blog however, I will do a better job from here on out....promise, unless I lose access to a computer, you'll hear from me. So, going wayyyy back to Beijing is when I suddenly halted my blogging. After Southern China I made a 24 hour sleeper train ride to Northern China and on the way met a couple of Beijing-ers who spoke enough English to make ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » North Central Coast

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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