Inside the Perfume Pagoda

Perfume Pagoda

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May 14th 2006
We decided to escape the hustle and bustle of Hanoi, especially all the 2.5 million motorcycles (seriously, there are actually 2.5 million motorbikes here!) and we went on an organised day trip to the Perfume Pagoda. This is a complex of pagodas and buddhist shrines built into the limestone cliffs near Hanoi, which dates back to the 15th century. We were thrown round in a minivan for 2 hours un ... read more

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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