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Vietnam time debacles 1 and 2

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February 5th 2016
To continue the last blog, our time hanging out in the reception got more interesting. Shouldn't laugh, but there was phone call from a group of 14 very angry Chinese tourists demanding to know where their pickup was at the train station. Their English and Peter's English is not the best, but he managed eventually to work out that they had got off the train at the stop before Hanoi by mistake. Thi ... 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