Tom and Khang (our guide) at Heaven Gate 1 in Dragon Jaw/Sapa

Heaven's Gate

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February 28th 2006
It is about 12:00 noon here the 28th of Feb. in Sapa. We are in the Hoang Lien mountains of Northwestern Vietnam. We will tell you more about this incredible place later in this post but for now we will catch you up on our travels. Sat. we spent the day on our own in Hanoi. We visited the Ho Chi Minh Museum. It was pretty interesting. Of course the museum spent a fair amount of time discuss ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Lao Cai » Sapa

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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