tour guide, Bon

Uncle ho ho ho, it's hanoi!

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October 11th 2007
Second time lucky perhaps with this unreliable internet connection.... Well, what a rickety old train ride that was. 12 of us squeezed into 3 cabine for the 12 hr journey from Hue to Vietnams northern capital and seat of government, Hanoi. Having been to Saigon, I wonder what Suzanne Paul was catastrophising about in the traffic stakes. It is certainly immense and overwhelming, but I have to sa ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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