a thrupence for the first to find the third goat

Good evening Vietnam!

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May 15th 2013
So Hanoi quickly proved quite Hanoi-ing (lol... nah this joke has lost its former glorious lustre). A motorbike taxi took me a short way to a crappy overpriced hotel and had the audacity to complain I was being cheap (AND under claimed about what I actually gave him to the hotel people as Vietnamese and English was used in this convo and I can count in Vietnamese...) but I figured I'd stay the ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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