cone hats in HANNNNOI!

goodbyeeee vietnam!

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February 27th 2006
Hanoi was a very cool place (literally. brrrr...) Very different from the rest of Vietnam, we think, but also very neat. It was a lot less "same same"... like, there were far fewer bun stands here than we were previously accustomed to, and faw fewer convenience stores. There was a heck of a lot more variety with regard to food, and it was also a lot more expensive! The landscape in the South is al ... 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