Hanoi

sapa

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April 24th 2008
We have arrived at the train station and had a long walk around the trains to find ours we all had 4 berth cabins Des and I had one to ourselves as Helen and Les who were going to be sharing with us could not go as Helen was not well and could not breath and had to go to the International Medical Clinic and was not fit to travel. We ended up sharing with Ting our guide. We used our new sleep shee ... 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