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Pinapple vending

These is a wooden balance that vendors in the city use to sell their products. Small women will carry these loaded with fruit. It looks very heavy, but they manage.
Manouevering through Hanoi

June 21st 2007
Happy Solstice to all! Cherith and I made it safely to Hanoi, we were doubtful for a while condsidering the 7000 near-accidents en route from the airport. We quickly learned that the driving techniques lack stop signs, signalling, watching for pedestrians, and load/weight restrictions (i.e. pigs, water bottles, bags of rice, construction materials stacked on top of little motorbikes). A neat d ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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