Pagoda on west lake

Hanoi Hilton

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June 22nd 2009
The breakfast was lovely, maybe even more so than normal as it was free! ( well, included in the hotel ) . I ate toast for the first time in months! The tour group was going to the Mossuleem which I had already seen, so John & Jeff, two guys from the group kindly let me tag along with them to go and see the Hanoi Hilton prison. The prison really showed the bad condition the prisoners lived/tor ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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