Ha Long

Hanoi and Ha long Bay

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February 13th 2010
We had heard so many awful accounts of Hanoi that we were almost put off coming here. It is true that traffic here is incredibly dense and chaotic, but we must have grown accustomed to Vietnamese traffic, because we didn't find this too daunting. As is beginning to be the norm here in Vietnam, we were dumped out of the bus on the side of a street that had no obvious street names. After finding ... 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