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February 20th 2017
Damned and blasted all my witty observation on my last two days got lost in cyber space, again. Anyway here goes. I arrived in Hanoi, rather worse for wear due to the Vietnamese sized sleeping accommodations on the bus. My bike was ship shape but very empty of petrol. got to figure , not a very good idea to have 5 litres or so of petrol sloshing about downstairs in case of an accident. ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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