Another from day 2

Arrival in Hanoi and trip to Sapa

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October 14th 2009
Where to start with a non-stop week in Vietnam? I had completely forgotten how tiring it is to travel continuously in an effort to see as much of the world as possible, and we certainly didn’t waste much time sleeping whilst in Vietnam last week, seeing a lot of the country for just 6 days. Everything that could go wrong seemed to happen in the first night getting our flight and getting to our ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Lao Cai » Sapa

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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