Day hike outside of Luang Prabang

Walking to Vietnam

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September 8th 2008
We spent the day after our last post hiking in the beautiful hills around Luang Prabang. The next morning we boarded a minibus to Nong Khiaw, a town about 3 hours drive from Luang Prabang. It took us four hours because our driver kept stopping every 10 minutes or so, for smoke breaks, to deliver fruit to a friend, to fix the malfunctioning gas pedal, etc. At Nong Khiaw, we had just enough t ... 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