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May 28th 2009
We left the chaos of Hanoi for the mountains of Northwest Vietnam. Sapa, also known as the ‘Queen of the Mountains’, was formed in 1922 as a former hill station and is located near the Chinese border. We took an overnight sleeper train to reach Sapa which left Hanoi at 9pm and arrived near Sapa at 5am. The sleeper was reasonably pleasant. We shared our 4-bunk cabin with a friendly older couple ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Lao Cai » Sapa

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

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