Stilt house

Just a slice of Central Vietnam

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September 2nd 2008
The alarm goes off at 7 a.m. on our day off. It takes me a moment to A) register the snappy cell phone ring tone is not part of my early morning dream, and B) remember that we’re committed to a daylong motorbike excursion through neighbouring Quang Nam province with our Aussie friend Quentin and his girlfriend Chau. It’s a plan we excitedly hatched over a bucket of Heinekens on the beach two ... 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