paul melting

nam

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August 29th 2008
hello people. we're in hanoi at the moment. arrived by train early yesterday morning. spent most of yesterday sleeping as we didn't get much sleep on the train. we've just changed our travelling plans. instead of travelling through china to get our flight from hong kong to singapore we booked a cheap flight from hanoi to malaysia. we did this for several reasons. the journey from vietnam to hon ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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