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Paradise in My Sister's House

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July 24th 2007
I am now in Nha Trang. That's why the title of this entry is paradise in my sister's house. Nha is a Vietnamese word for "house" and Trang is my sister's house. Okay, a lame pun but whatevers. It's really neat here! So to go back to a couple days back, my family actually did NOT end up going to Halong Bay. If we had gone, then we wouldn't have gotten to browse around Hue, which is the impe ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Khanh Hoa » Nha Trang

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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