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Day 28: Hanoi to Sapa, Vietnam

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March 1st 2009
Monday, February 23rd, 2009 Last night after dinner we finally got the opportunity to get some bank statements and do our last months budget. Wow! We had realized that prices here soared since the publishing of the guidebook, but we hadn't realized just what an impact it had made on our budget! Ouch! The weak Rand and some optimistic initial budgeting on our side also didn't help ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Lao Cai » Sapa

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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