traffic jam, tram ton pass

aint nothin going on but the rent...

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November 3rd 2009
A few weeks ago I took a trip with Matt and Alex (two other teachers) to Ba Vii national park, about 40km out of Hanoi. I hadn’t really been out of the city since I went away at the beginning of September so it was nice to get out on the open roads and see some of the Vietnamese countryside madness…psychotic truck drivers, entire families piled onto tiny motorbikes, cows being transported by ... 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