Hanoi street

The Return To Hanoi

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August 16th 2006
Good Morning Vietnam! Thoi Oi!! (Pronounced "Choy Oiy") My favourite Vietnamese phrase, great for any situation. We rewound the video cassette and did our 4 hour bus journey from Hanoi to Halong Bay in reverse. We arrived in Hanoi at the exact same hotel we had a left from a day and a bit earlier and changed into something more suitable for Hanoi fashions. Next stop... Koto. Koto is a "famous" ... 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