Pho

I’m not insane

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March 16th 2010
Sanity is not statistical - Winston Smith in George Orwell’s 1984 After another awful night’s sleep, I awoke well before my alarm went off. I did my weekly check-in with my parents and sent my laundry off to be done. In most of Asia, it seems that there aren’t public laundromats. There are laundry facilities that wash and fold for you and charge by the kilogram. After yes ... 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