Mekong River

Laos/Vietnam

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November 24th 2006
Howdy ho peeps!! Thailand So after leaving Phuket i headed up to Chang Mai, i really liked it, its much nicer than Bangkok, people are really nice and the City is a lot cleaner and cheaper for going out aswell. Headed up into the hills to stay with some hill tribes and do the usual bamboo rafting and elephants, you stay in small bamboo huts in the middle of nowhere and sit around the campfire ... 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