Bun Cha

Farewell to Hanoi

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April 8th 2014
Our trip is rapidly coming to an end with our departure tomorrow at 2 in the afternoon. What looms ahead is a journey involving 3 flights and a travel time of 22 hours. Chas will have literally circled the globe west to east from her departure 3 weeks ago. We elected to spend the day doing our favorite things in Hanoi one last time........mainly eating our favorite dishes and photographing them to ... read more

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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