Restaurant scene in Hanoi

Back in Hanoi....

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April 1st 2017
Our fourth time in Hanoi and still the chaos and noise slightly overwhelmed me when we arrived in the old quarter, tired from an evening flight from Bangkok where we had spent three days with our son, his wife and our two gorgeous little grandsons. It was fun to see Asia through the boys' eyes and we enjoyed visiting a snake farm, the zoo, tuktuk races around the streets and river boat rides on th ... 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