Beautiful river that we cycled past

Language lessons, a bike ride and a boat trip in Ninh Binh

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June 28th 2009
After leaving Hanoi we drove for a couple of hours through scenic rice fields to our second destination, Ninh Binh. We checked into our rooms and had some food before going to a local pub for a couple of beers, followed by an early night. The next day we had language lessons with Giang (I now know how to spell Andy's proper Vietnamese name!) and learnt how to say all of the basic words, plus some ... 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