Sunset on the Love Boat

I wish the horn was never invented

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September 2nd 2006
So I haven't written in a bit. I think I have a lot to update. Pardon my typing - the keyboard in one of the only working internet places in Sapa is a little sketchy. No pictures this time but I'll try when I'm back in Hanoi with wireless/my laptop. The internet cafes everywhere are packed as theinternet and relative openess towestern culture is relatively new in Vietnam. I wish the car hor ... 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