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Arrival in SE Asia

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April 17th 2007
We left Heidi and Austi in Wollongong early in the morning and arrived in Hanoi in the evening after a layover in Bangkok. We are excited to be in Vietnam. Organized chaos is the motto of Hanoi...more mopeds than I've ever seen. We heard different statistics about the number of mopeds...let's just say it's in the millions. They are everywhere. Crossing the street is putting your life in danger. W ... 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