guillotine

Hanoi~Hoa Lo Prison

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May 30th 2011
We are surviving the craziness of Hanoi. Woke up, ate, walked a bit, and went back for a nap. Back up and we decided to go to Hoa Lo Prison, aka Hanoi Hilton. 10,000 Dong to get in (fifty cents) and in we went. Quite an experience. Originally built by the French for Vietnamese prisoners, mostly political, complete with solitary confinement quarters, leg chains, tools of torture and a guillotine. M ... 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