come and get your peanuts!

hue, hue, hue

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June 14th 2007
When getting off the tourist bus from Hoi An I was quickly surrounded by hotel touts. The bus drops you off right in the middle of the hotel district and the touts sit back all day waiting for the chance to pounce on a tired foreigner. I kept telling them that I already had a hotel and they kept answering back to check out their place. Didn't get the hint that I wasn't interested, but after walki ... 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