Freedom cross

I saw this board while standing at the cross between Tạ Hiền và Lương Ngọc Quyến streets, which is called by western backpackers as "Bia Hơi corner". Bia Hơi is the local fresh beer and many backpackers/tourists love to sit down at this place, drink beer, chat with each other and watch the world go by.

Western backpackers in whose eyes

July 20th 2008
This is an interesting article published in the Lao Động (Labor) newspaper a few years ago. It was about Vietnamese views on the Western backpackers travelling in Vietnam. When I posted this article in the Thorn Tree travel forum of Lonely Planet website, Ralph, who is an Australian member in the forum, translated it into English. My photos in this blog were taken in the Old Quarter of Hanoi ca ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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