Rice fields

Hot chocolate and happy people!

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December 18th 2006
Hello happy people! I made the night train without hitch and it actually wasn't too bad. Was sharing with a passionate Russian couple or some country that way and a sullen Vietnames guy who kept trying to smoke in the no smoking cabin and snored but a nice man i'm sure! Arrived in Sapa around 6.30am stepped off the train and froze. I had been warned that it was cold but wasn't prepared for ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northwest » Lao Cai » Sapa

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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