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An Initiation to sleeper trains

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May 9th 2011
After our last trip to Vietnam, Chris and I decided a return was on the cards. And not just a simple return trip to Vietnam, a huge trip that would ensure we would see everything in Vietnam we wanted to see. This is how I found myself on a rickety sleeper train heading up through the Vietnamese mountains to a small tour called Sapa, less than 2kms from the Chinese border. We had left Perth on Sat ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Lao Cai » Sapa

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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