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Over to 'turtle island' on Hoan Kiem Lake

Hanoi

May 23rd 2007
Arriving from the last of our 3 overnight train journeys from the south to the north from Hue (Blog: Hue: Seven cyclos, two Catfish and a case of the missing Forbidden Purple City), Hanoi would be little more than a brief encounter. This was because our two nights here sandwiched a night in Cat Ba island, with much of the day before spent cruising in the shadows of the hanging limestone cliff's of ... read more

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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

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Sally & Jason Knight

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"Following the light of the sun, we left the old world.", Christopher Colombus After 15 years combined service at Philips, it was time for a couple of qualified management accountants to have an adventure that didn't involve spreadsheets. Above all, it was time for a new challenge - no, not getting home in daylight, but seeing a bit of this beautiful world we live in. After promising ourselves countless times, this would be the year we did it, we eventually headed off on our hard earned career break on 19th January 2007 to travel for 4 1/2 months, taking in : 6 wks Australia 4 wks Ne... full info

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