Sapa- mountain view

Beautiful Sapa

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March 17th 2006
When we returned from Halong Bay the only thing we had to do before leaving for Sapa was to change our clothes and get a shower. About 4 hours after we climbed out of the small bus that took us from the Bay we boarded the night train at Hanoi. That itself was an interesting part of the adventure that we were about to begin. The scenery of the train station reminded me of movies that were set in ... 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