St Patrick's Day Celebration

Hanoi, Here I Am!

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March 20th 2011
Ooh, this entry is not gonna be easy because I am at an internet cafe, amongst a bunch of teens playing video games (nerd alert!) and the keyboard keeps wanting to make my letters into Vietnamese. I will do my best! I had to leave my hostel to use the internet because I was distracted by all the sociopathic movies that the people were chosing to watch - first Natural Borne Killers and right af ... 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