Us at the Temple of Literature

Day One: Hanoi the city of the descending Dragon (or motorcycle accident waiting to happen)

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April 4th 2006
Cynthia's POV: We boarded onto a Korean airline flight heading to the city of Hanoi. Usually when I go to an Asian country, there's usually a personal video screen to watch movies and play video games on, but as it turns out, the international flights leaving San Francisco does not contain the video screens!! Damn those Koreans!! Although I didn't get to watch my own personal movies, I did g ... 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