Bar in Hoi An town

On the set of "Allo Allo" in Hoi An

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May 23rd 2007
Another train journey, another destination, today we are once again heading south to the riverside town of Hoi An which was once one of Southeast Asia’s premier international ports. As Hoi An doesn’t have a train station we caught the 8:42 train to Danang - Vietnams fourth largest city. The train track winds through the Truong Son Mountains via the Hi Van Pass and the views of the coastline b ... 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