Mysterious Indochina: 100 years ago

The delightful Indochina peninsula includes such favorite tourist countries as Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, Laos and Cambodia. It is washed by the waters of various seas and oceans and is full of a wide variety of exotic fruits. A vacation spent here will give you the most colorful experience.

But if you want to get to know the peninsula better, the best way to do this is to leave the hotel and go to the farthest village of the province. It will be surprising that these places have not changed a bit over the past hundred years and even more: all the photographs you took will be similar to those that were taken in the last century.

So that you have something to compare with, we suggest taking a look at the pictures taken in 1914-1916. They feature the most ordinary inhabitants of that time, as well as those who hold higher ranks, and even the family of the head of the Vietnamese province of Ha.

Hongai city in 1915

A girl washes clothes in Halong Bay, 1915

Men smoke opium and drink tea, 1915

The capital of Vietnam is Hanoi in 1915

This is what Paul Doumer Bridge looked like in Hanoi in 1915

Sampan boat in Halong Bay, 1916

It depicts the governor, the military mandarin, as well as the chief of the province

Photo of a young opium smoker, 1915

So in 1915 the village market looked like

And this is the city of Haiphong, 1915

A magnificent Buddhist temple, located right on the way to Tam Dao National Park. Photo taken June 4, 1916

Hemp Street in Hanoi in 1915

The mines in Hong Kong, 1918-1921

Very neat Paul Bert Street in Hanoi

Local Hanoi nobility, 1920

The beautiful Halong Bay, 1915

And this is a copper mine, the photo of which was taken in 1915

Meeting of municipality officials in front of the town hall, 1915

Rice Traders in Hanoi, 1914-1915

Sampans in Hanoi. And on the horizon you can see the Paul Doumer Bridge, 1915

Hanoi Street Tinsmiths

Highlands on the border with China

Regular smokers of opium, 1915

A picture of a wealthy family in French Indochina taken in 1915

Pictured are Chinese huts, 1915

Left actors of the Saigon theater in 1915. Right: Governor of Ha Dong Province - Hoang Chong Pu, 1914

The head of the province of Ha Dong with his wife, as well as their common photo with the family, 1915

Performance of the Saigon Theater, 1915

Left Hanoi resident, 1914. Right photo of the priestess of the cult of the Three Worlds of 1915

Priestess of the cult of the Three Worlds and local leader, Tonkin Province, 1915

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