French wine!

Day 30: Sapa, Vietnam

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March 2nd 2009
Wednesday, Feb 25th We woke up to a feast of pancakes with banana and honey after which we said goodbye to the Hoanz family. We hiked to the Red Xao village where we visited the primary school and then on to our lunch spot. Hai cooked us noodle soup and then the mini-van picked us up and we headed back to the hotel. We said goodbye to Hai and had a nice bath. Later we walked around ... 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