Water Puppet Show

Hanoi

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March 13th 2008
We got the train from Hue at 8am finally getting into Hanoi at 9pm. The ticket we bought was for a soft seat - I would like to have seen what a hard seat was!! After driving around in a taxi for ages trying to find our hostel and paying twice what it should have cost, we were told that the hostel was full and we would have to find somewhere else. We had booked about a week in advance and paid a de ... 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