The streets

Vietnam tripping with Bastiaan and Claire

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July 6th 2011
Cape Town - Johannesburg - Kuala Lumpur - Hanoi Howzit folks! My name is Bastiaan. I'm from Yzerfontein in South Africa and on the 5th of July my month-long holiday in Vietnam, with my fellow-traveller, Claire, (who I'm meeting up with tomorrow as she's coming from Oz), kicked off with me boarding the plane in Cape Town. Arrived in Joburg, then caught another plane (Malaysia ... 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