Hanoi-Hoan Kiem Lake

Hanoi, and how NOT to do it!

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June 19th 2010
We arrived in Hanoi after leaving our beloved Thien Than Hotel with a packed breakfast of baguettes, cheese, butter, watermelon, dragonfruit, bananas, and bottled waters. We flew to Hanoi and landed amid crowds. We took the first taxi driver and gave him the name and address of the hotel we wanted to go to. But of course, he took us to a different one saying our hotel was "full" (even after puttin ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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