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The blown out mountain covering our path back  
   

The blown out mountain covering our path back

899,765 Bottles Of Beer On The Wall

April 17th 2009
Two days, 54 kilometres of hiking (27 up and 27 down), 3143 metres, "899, 765 bottles of beer on the wall," the highest peak in Indochina, Mount Fansipan...CONQUERED! The idea to climb a mountain was on Matt's travel agenda. We had been talking about going to Borneo to climb the more famous Mt Kinabalu for some time now on our travels however, upon further research we realized that bookings ar ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Lao Cai » Fansipan

Vietnamese Flag 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
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