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Fansipan-Highest Point in SE Asia!

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September 21st 2008
Sapa was our second favourite place in Vietnam (after Halong Bay). It was pretty easy to get there as we took the overnight train and arrived around 7:30 in the morning. It is a beautiful little town set in a valley and surrounded by mountains. It is quite small with a population of about 40,000 and most of those people are the local tribe people which you see all over town in their traditional ... 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