Chiang Mai - Jen's ready for the trek

Hanging around Chiang Mai

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November 15th 2008
I'm still trying to catch up on this blog. We are having such an incredible time in Asia and are finding it much too exciting to stay in and write in our journals or spend too much time on the internet. But I'll try to catch up! So when I last left off, we had just arrived in Chiang Mai. When we arrived, we set about booking a 3 day trekking tour in the hills north of Chiang Mai. We once again ... 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