Haiphong landscape

Near Haiphong the landscape is still lovely.

January 22nd 2007
Day 233, 19th January Cat Ba Island - (ferry) - Haiphong - Phu Thai We were up early for breakfast and a bout of mass disorganisation. Our friend at the café a few doors down bought our tickets for Haiphong for us. Rory and Nick were grinning like Cheshire cats because of their ‘Swedish Conquest’ on the beach last night. Scott was in a bad way because he had drank too much last night and ... 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

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Hi! I'm Andy Ganner, known as the "BIKEPACKER". Meaning I put everything on my bike; tent, cooker, clothes, food, tent, and sleeping bag... and just set off on an adventure. Been doing it nearly 20 years and have hand-written journals for every trip from my RTW backpacking trip of 1986, up to present. Over the next years I'll be publishing my "Memorablogs" of these trips. It will take time as there are many slides to scan, I only went digital in 2009. You can already read the epic England to Singapore trip: 2001 a Bike Odyssey, now. It's all there, word for word from my written jour... full info

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