Junks, Halong Bay

The city of a 1000 mopeds, on one street!

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February 10th 2007
We arrived in Hanoi at 8-30pm. We had booked a hotel and they came to pick us up at the airport. After exchanging some money we got our first taste of Vietnamise driving. The kid that was driving us (he could have been no more than 17) would speed up to the back of every car flashing his lights until they moved over driving inches away from them, crazy! When we got to Hanoi old town it was even mo ... 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