Random monument in Vientiane

Photo blog...Laos

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May 22nd 2009
As we havent been able to upload photos for ages, due to the internet in Laos being painfully slow, we thought we'd do a photo blog to get you upto speed. Just back from Halong Bay and Joey will blog about that later with photos. There are more photos, we will bore our families with them, and anyone who wants to see them can ask.... but it takes ages to put them online, and an hour uploading photo ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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