Me in the Cyclo

Cycloing in the Old Quarter

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July 10th 2009
Hi, apologies for the very long delay in blogs, Indonesia has been pretty short on wi fi!! Anyway, rewind back to Vietnam for the meantime. We arrived back in Hanoi from our Ha Long bay trip and spent our last few days in Vietnam exploring the city. We visited a couple of museums; one of which was the Hanoi Hilton, the name the American Prisoners gave to "La Maison Central". The prison had been ... 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