Hanoi at Night

This was one of the many lakes in Hanoi.

August 6th 2008
May 31, 2008 - June 9, 2008 We arrived in Hanoi after a sweet one hour ride on a Vietnam Airlines jet. We'd heard too many horror stories about the 24 hour bus journey from Vientiane to Hanoi, so we decided to buy our way out of that headache. When the city bus dropped us downtown, we ran into our first and biggest hurdle in Hanoi - crossing the road. We'd heard about this terrifying right o ... 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

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Chris Robb and Becky Alleyne

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We did it! We're packing it in and leaving our lives in Victoria ... at least for a little while. We'll be gone for about six months and we plan to visit India, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Indonesia. Although we've got our trusty guidebooks in hand, we don't intend to stick to any timelines or itineraries. We're going to go where the wind takes us ... okay, more likely where a third class train ticket takes us. We've decided to create this journal so that our friends and family can check in to read about our adventures and more importantly, so that Becky's mom ca... full info

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