VIETNAM - TOPGEAR SPECIAL!!! Photo 4

VIETNAM - TOPGEAR SPECIAL!!!

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August 23rd 2009
Once upon a time there were four boys from England, two brown and two white. They flew into Hanoi in Vietnam from Laos because they were too lazy to get the bus. They decided to rent four old Russian Minsk motorbikes which wasn't the best idea because they kept breaking down and the gear change was like trying to break into a safe. It took them two days to realise the up and down combinatio ... 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