Mock fireplace in my hotel room

The Beautiful Sapa

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December 22nd 2005
I arrived in Lao Cai early morning - overnight train from Hanoi. This was before I survived the most exhilarating motorcycle ride from the hotel (in Hanoi) to the train station! Something screwed up and the tour bus did not pick me up from the designated hotel to the train station (to head off to Sapa). I patiently waited for an hour (no, the alarm bells in my head did not think that something was ... 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