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Hi Mrs. Stein and Kids! We Took a Tour of Hanoi Today

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October 24th 2006
Today Uncle Arlyn and I took a tour of Hanoi. We went with a group of tourists. In our group were people from Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Germany and Australia. Everyone spoke English which made it nice. Our tour started at 8:30 AM and was over at 3:30 PM. The good news is that the minivan we took was air-conditioned and held 10 passengers. The bad news was that there were 14 people on the ... 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