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Hanoi's Own Loch Ness Monster

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November 7th 2006
Thankfully on the way into Hanoi from the airport I met up with a Brit guy - Andrew, who was familiar to the ways of Hanoi. His first words were pretty much "Walk slowly across the street". For those of you that have not yet gotten to Hanoi (or somewhere similar), you just walk across the street, slowly and ideally not in front of cars / buses (bigger mass = slower time to stop) and everyone swerv ... 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