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goodbye vietnam

March 1st 2007
Thank god the sun has disappeared! When we got off the train in Hanoi I couldn’t really feel any difference in the temperature. But as the day light came I was so pleased when the sun didn’t come out. It is a lot cooler up here. Well when I say cooler, it’s still about 25-26oc, but a much needed rest from the suffocating humidity. Hanoi, apart from Bangkok is my favourite city so far. It i ... read more
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Vietnamese Flag 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
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