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Limestone mountains

Limestone mountains around Perfume river
Trip to Perfume River

August 16th 2007
Trip to Perfume River. Our tour group have all left, so we are on our own. Our last tour is to the pergodas on the Perfume river. A 2 hr trip by bus to the Perfume river, next an hour boat ride upstream then a rather steep walk up a mountain to see a variety of pergodas, all religious. Some were destroyed during the war and are being rebuilt. We made it over half way before the heat and our legs g ... read more
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Vietnamese Flag 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
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