rice fields

Ha Noi and Ha Long Bay

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March 7th 2011
We haven't had a decent internet connection in forever. I'll try to get a little caught up... Hue In Hue we visited the Hue Imperial Palace, which was home to emperor's from about 1800-1945. It's like a city inside of a city...it has a huge wall around the entire area, which I seem to remember being about 1 mile x 1 mile in size. Then there is a another wall inside that one...to prote ... 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