Incense

Emperors

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January 5th 2023
Today started with a dragon boat ride , not the sort of dragon boat I had come across in the scout world but it did have a dragons head to lead us down the Perfume river ! Which to be honest was underwhelming . The rest of the day was filled with some facts about the Emperors , visiting Pagodas , palaces and mausoleums One Emperor had 500 concubines and another was thought to prefer ‘ladyb ... 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