Our cyclo driver

Good morning (well, afternoon actually) Vietnam!

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June 19th 2009
When we had landed in Hanoi, collected our bags and been through airport immigration (Vietnam deserves kukos as the only place that immigration have even looked twice at me now I have long hair and my passport photo still shows a skinhead), we went outside to arrange transport to the centre of town. The minibus run by Vietnam Airlines was only two dollars, or the equivalent in the brilliantly name ... 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