Man cycling into the Imperial Enclosure

I hope he can see...

May 20th 2008
Once Ruth and Marie had headed home (and taken the sun with them) we spent the day looking in the 'posh' area of Hanoi looking at the Temple of Literature and Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum (but not the embalmed man himself). Then it was on the Reunification Express - a 30 hour train journey linking Hanoi and what the guide books call Ho Chi Minh and everyone else calls Saigon. Fortunately we split this ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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

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Welcome to our blog. After a long and hard month off, we are almost ready to leave. We don't know how often we will update this blog, but we hope to add pictures every now and then to show you what we have been up to. Here is our current itinerary; mainly only flights at this stage and very general ideas on what we might be doing - but we will try and update it when we know more. Please come and meet us if you have the urge! 10th July - fly from Heathrow to Quito (Ecuador) Ecuador and Northern Peru 8th August - fly from Lima (Peru) to Cusco (Peru) Machu Picchu, the Amazon b... full info

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