Red Dzao

Sapa

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February 25th 2009
In an effort to complete my rail journey through Vietnam, I boarded one more over night train to Lao Cai. Pulling up three miles from the Chinese border was pretty much as far as I could go. Sapa is a big tourist spot due to it's location in the Tonkinese Alps, the village reminds one of a small French chateau. Of course there is no snow, but the terraced rice fields are still view worthy. In ... 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