Triona in front of the Citadel

Hue and Hoi An

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December 1st 2008
Hue and Hoi An What a horrible experience a night bus in Vietnam is! It is not that the chairs are to short or that the bus is incredibly cold that keeps you awake all night. Its the fact that Swiss cheese has less potholes than the average Vietnamese highway (I use the word Highway in the loose sense of the word), combined with the crazy driving skills of our bus driver and everyone else on th ... 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