passing piles of wood on our way to the fireworks

Happy Lunar New Year

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January 30th 2014
Geo: 20.25, 105.98We spend New Year in Ninh Binh. We arrived in the afternoon from Cuc Phuong, The town was really quite. We had a quick look around to try to rent motorbikes but couldn't see anything so we got one from the hotel. We had to have dinner at the hotel because everywhere else was closed! We stayed downstairs drinking beers and at around 11pm the boss came with a bottle of rice w ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Ninh Binh

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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