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Sapa

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September 20th 2008
I was extremely looking forward to exchanging city life with beautiful mountains of Sapa. I booked a four nights and three day tour with my hotel, which is probably the easiest way of seeing the sights. I had still not properly got used to the time zone change but found that my night train up to Sapa provided me with my best sleep yet! After all the hustle and bustle of getting from the train to m ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Lao Cai » Sapa

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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