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Sa Pa - Day 2 - Trekking in the mountains

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February 28th 2014
28 feb - Friday Woke early and rose at 7am. Just in time to see our surrounding area. Momentarily, the mist has lifted to reveal stunning pine-covered mountains, in fact highest mountain in Vietnam, Fan Si Pan achieving 3,143 metres above sea level, is across the valley from our Homestay. Decided on clean teeth and scrubbed hands/faces, will have to leav ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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