Water Puppets

Hanoi and Halong Bay

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July 9th 2013
Arrived in Hanoi. Oi moi oi which is Vietnamese for OMG I thought the traffic in Bangkok was bad but this is even worse. On the roads anything goes, the roads are full of cars bikes, taxis cycles pedestrians all going in different directions and basically you just keep walking, apparently the bikes go round you but you have to stop for cars!!!! It is crazy Istanbul was bad enough but this is by fa ... 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