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Sapa

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October 31st 2010
22/10/2010 - 25/10/2010 Hanoi is the perfect base from where you can visit Sapa and Halong Bay for some days. First trip on the agenda was Sapa, a cloud-covered town located at 1550 m above the sea level. Here you can visit the beautiful rice terraces. The area is also home to 7 ethnic groups with unique cultures, lifestyles and languages; all wearing their traditional clothes. Plan was to ... read more

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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