Hanoi Traffic

Hanoi

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March 8th 2012
After six weeks of travel and nights in 2-star hotels (all of them perfectly good, by the way), Tom booked us into a room on the Club floor of the five-star Sofitel Metropole Legend Hotel in Hanoi. Nice, but it gave us a good view of the different experience the hotel guests will have in Vietnam. There’s a central courtyard with restaurants, spa, and swimming pool that eliminates any noise fro ... 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