Jonas and I on the bamboo boat back to the big boat

Ho down in Hanoi

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February 8th 2010
So the total journey from Hong Kong was 32 hours to Hanoi. The train to Guangzhou and change on to a sleeper train to Nanning in South West China to catch a bus to Hanoi. Arriving in Nanning at 8am, instead of the scheduled 6am, my first mission was to find somewhere to buy a bus ticket to Hanoi. My first attempt had me in a travel office offering me 300 RMB for a ticket (£30) but while I went to ... 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