Electrical nightmare

Time for the culture shock

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August 22nd 2009
Ok. Its breakfast after my first night in Hanoi. All I can say is WOW. I don't even know where to begin. First off if Hell existed and there were 7 layers of Hell, The trip over here on the plane would have been the 8th layer. The traveling and sitting on the plane never ended. I did take a Lunesta and slept about 6 hours but that just left another 8 hours to get to Taipai. Thank god for th ... 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