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A Safari

June 25th 2009
Have you ever been on safari? Up until today, I had not. But I signed up for a one-day trek through the hill tribe region around Sa Pa, and a human safari was what I got. They keep them in their "natural" habitat, but Black H'mong and Red Dao minority tribes have become tainted by tourism and conditioned to respond to the influx of dumb foreigners with too much money (I includ ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Lao Cai » Sapa

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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