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Singapore and North Vietnam

June 17th 2009
Spent a day in Singapore. Its a crazy city. Half western, half eastern. Asia is so warm and humid. Vietnam is even madder. Cars and bikes everywhere. They do not seem to have a highway code. Its almost impossible to cross the road but when you do there are 20p beers to be had, so its worth it. To escape the mania we went on a relaxing cruise to Ha Long bay. ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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