Trekking with our entourage

Experiencing the Best and Worst of Vietnam

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November 27th 2008
We've had some great, wonderful, different, and horrible experiences lately. As promised, I'll continue with our Sapa adventures. When people go to Sapa, one of the things that almost everyone does is book some sort of a trek through the valley filled with rice terraces. Not to be ones to miss out, we jumped on the band wagon and booked a 2 day trek with a homestay. When we were looking into it ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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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