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June 24th 2012
Greetings from Vietnam! I have arrived safely and am having an incredible time in this land of distinct tastes, smells, people and landscape. I arrived about a week ago and have been dodging motorbikes ever since. My first stop was in Hanoi, where I was able to combat some pretty formidable jet lag (24hrs travel, 14hr time zone change) at the "westerner" Sheraton for a couple of nig ... 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

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Johaan Ryberg

Johaan CA USA

Teacher from Santa Cruz, CA who enjoys spending summers traveling. Sometimes just a backpack, other times with a group of 20 fired up middle schoolers. Regions of the world explored include various parts of the Americas, Europe, and SE Asia. Sights are set on east Africa in the near future. I created the blog a while back to communicate with other travelers as well as give friends and family back home something to keep up to date with. Any questions or commentary on the blogs is much appreciated. Please subscribe to follow along. *Please note that the Brazil blogs were done very belate... full info