11. 26- 31st August . The DMZ and then the awesome 2000 Islands of Halong Bay!!
August 31st 2007 26/08/07
Today started of as a special day as the bus was the first bus so far to be on time. We arrived at Hue for 11.30am and we booked into a very posh guest house for $12 between us. Nothing but the best for us backpackers. We walked to the Imperial City where we it felt like we were geting the wrong directions by all the locals inside. The place itself was huge and without a map you might a
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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 
