On the river

Hanoi to Hoi An in Typhoon Season

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September 26th 2008
We have arrived in Vietnam and we are now officially millionaires! Not that you can get dinner for less than 20,000 Dong (just over $1) in most restaurants but that's besides the point. Happily we survived the 22 hour airport plane ordeal that brought us from Tawau in Borneo to Hanoi. We arrived to find a lush green paddy field landscape, tall French/Asian style buildings (painted on the front o ... 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