Peach blossoms

Day 31: Sapa, Vietnam

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March 2nd 2009
Thursday, Feb 26th After breakfast we walked up Ham Rong Mountain. It's more of a hill really, with beautiful gardens, nice rock formations and a great view over the town. It was a great way to spend the morning. At lunch they served vegetable soup with pieces of pork floating in it. This seems to be their idea of vegeterianism. When asked for real vegetable soup they merely took the ... 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