Our first Vietnamese taster...frog!

Hanoi and Sapa

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October 13th 2012
Day 27 We arrived quite late last night so after a quick bite to eat we checked into Hanoi Backpackers Hostel. We woke up feeling refreshed after a decent nights sleep and went on a free walking tour of the city to get our bearings. Hanoi seemed very like China in that it was noisy with lots of street vendors but the roads here seemed even more chaotic with hundreds of motorbikes. We qui ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northeast

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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