fish market & hanoi 172

Hot Humid and Hectic

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October 22nd 2010
Flying from Japan to Hanoi meant we had to go via Bangkok and we had a 12 hour stop in Thailand and so luckily we booked an airport hotel to save us hanging around in the middle of the night but unluckily for us it was not at the airport we had just landed at but one which was over an hour away- it was the domestic airport. We booked a new hotel and learnt a lesson about checking how many airpor ... 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