Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum

Today I mostly found out the correct time...

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July 5th 2006
Today was my last day in Hanoi before taking a trip out to the famed Ha Long Bay so I thought I would attempt to see a mix of what was left to see with my tight schedule. After breakfast I took a 'cyclo' (basically a bike with a one and a half person seat strapped on the front where the handle-bars should be) over to the "Embassy District", as I like to call it. This was my first cyclo ride and ... 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