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n the road to Hanoi

a quick stop for corn
Ba Be National Park, micro hydro electric scheme, time slowed down

February 26th 2010
26/2/10 - Ba Be National Park is 240km northwest of Hanoi, it takes about 6 hours to drive there along a mixture of highway and then windy back roads. The countryside along the way is hilly and the roads were lined with a lot of school kids on bicycles. The country was dryer than that around Cuc Phuong and there had been a drought in the area over recent times. Many of the towns we passed throu ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Northeast » Bac Kan » Ba Be

Vietnamese Flag 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
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