The snake banquet

Hanoi, Halong Bay and Nihn Binh

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October 19th 2012
Day 30 The sleeper train brought us into Hanoi around 5 and after a sleep back at the hostel we freshened up and went to the Temple of Literature. This was in a nice park area and was pretty to see but quite similar to a lot of the others! For lunch we stopped off for some local street food and had Bun Cha which was a local speciality of grilled pork and a Po noodle soup. It was tasty ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northwest

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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