Taming the Forest for Fields

Good Bye Lonly Planet, Hello Vietnam

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March 19th 2007
With only three-quarters of a page on the area we’d be spending the next week and a half in, our guide book was as good as gone. We had to cover 979 kilometers armed with only a contour road map and a healthy sense of adventure. I Love You! The road is rapidly deteriorating. It started as a two lane paved road but now it’s a one lane track of loose sharp rocks that splits and the ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northwest

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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