Happy Birthday - Ryan

Birthdays and a Mausoleum

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February 2nd 2007
Holy Hanoi! We arrived in the early morning from our overnight bus ride (during which I didn’t sleep for a minute) and quickly searched Hanoi for Trevor, whom we hadn’t seen in a few weeks. His hotel wasn’t hard to find and we woke him up from his post-China recuperation sleep. After some catching up and a change to a new hotel (with mini fridge private bathroom) we hit the town in an ef ... 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