Junk - HaLong Bay

Noisy Hanoi!

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November 8th 2007
Hi all, Arrived in Vietnam a few days ago through the border in the mountains. The difference to Laos is almost immediately noticable. Instead of the wooden shacks and and relitively quiet streets we were used to we were now greated with lots of concrete buildings and many, many motorbikes. It seems here that there aren't really any road rules (an invisible middle lane that both sides use to ov ... 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