The culprit.....the van, not the cow

Hello, Motorbike?!

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May 17th 2011
Hanoi 6-9th May For anyone who has ever visited Vietnam, the title will make sense. For everyone else, read on! So, Hanoi it seems, is a hard place to get to from Hong Kong. The night bus, although evidently designed for people of Chinese and not Tom-ese stature, was comfortable and uneventful enough. We arrived at Nanning at 6am, and with the help of an English family who lived there (and wer ... 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