Water puppets - ring of fire

Vietnam

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September 26th 2011
You weren't there man, I saw some THINGS, man, and some STUFF! I arrived in Hanoi in the evening. It was less than an hour in the air from Kunming. Strangely, the plane was full of mosquitos...there was a lot of clapping going on. Hanoi airport was easy - the visa-on-arrival system is well established and simple. You book your visa online, in my case with www.myvietnamvisa.com, for ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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