my beautiful beast

Hectic Hanoi and the open road

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August 10th 2008
An interesting 26 hour bus ride from Laos into Vietnam: with the local bus doubling up both as a transport lorry and a club (some of the busses try and out do eachother on sound systems - so all morning the buss was shaking with techno) Hanoi is just a crazy city. the roads are overflowing with motorbikes, driven by lunatics. there seems to be no rules to the roads here - motorbikes cris-cross ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northeast

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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