Lady selling goods

Vietnam - Halong Bay

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May 7th 2011
Wednesday 4th May Early arrival into Hanoi where we were bombarded with taxi requests and not having the brain power at 4.30am to convert Dong to Dollars to Pounds we jumped in a metred taxi and promptly got ripped off with a 230 000 fee. Knowing that he'd driven us 25 mins out of town we said we'd only pay the 200 000 and then he promptly grabbed Michelle. I marched over and sto ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Lao Cai

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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