The Lake from the Victoria

Evening in Sapa

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April 9th 2009
We actually had a great night’s rest on the train to Lau Cai. We then took a shuttle bus to our hotel, the Victoria http://www.victoriahotels-asia.com/eng/hotels-in-vietnam/sapa-resort-spa The Four star hotel is fantastic. We had a nice breakfast and then hiked down to Cat Cat village and saw the Hmong tribes. The hike was a bit strenuous back up for Ariel but everything was beautiful. The ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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