A typical cafe in Dalat

The Easy Riders of Dalat

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September 20th 2008
The river border crossing from Cambodia into Vietnam went far more smoothly than we had anticipated after having heard some horror stories from travellers going in the opposite direction to us. For the next 4 days, we meandered through Vietnam’s ‘rice basket’, the Mekong Delta, visiting Chau Doc, My Tho and the delightful little town of Can Tho. Everything in the Mekong Delta was rich with c ... 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