Ancient city

Some new Flip Flops in Ninh Binh

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November 23rd 2006
So 2.5 weeks ago we decide to leave Hanoi and spend a week travelling to Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) in the south.....i still havent reached there!!! Sorry about the lack of blogs but that will be explained in a later episode also. We left Hanoi just as a typhoon was arriving. Within 2 hours the water on the street was up to my shins and i broke my flip flops trying to cross a street......it absolutely b ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Ninh Binh

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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