Generator on the back of a bike..

Hanoi - Day 2

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January 28th 2007
Today was more of an admin day more than anything else; we had ideals of going to a whole bunch of tourist sites like the mausoleum and some museums, while at the same time we needed to book airline tickets and a tour to Halong Bay. It ended up that we didn’t get to any of the tourist sites, but we did book tickets to Hue, Nha Trang and Ho Chi Minh by plane, it ended up being about $125US for al ... 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