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Hanoi at night  
   

Hanoi at night

European charm

February 19th 2007
We pulled in to Hanoi about an hour before sunrise after enduring a really ugly bus ride. I didn't manage much sleep at all, which is not surprising since they had so many people on the bus that people were sitting in the aisle. I ended up at a really dodgy guest house, but I was too tired to care even when I paid the outrageous $7 the owner wanted for the room. I slept until noon and then set off ... read more
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Vietnamese Flag 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
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