The Pumpkin Express



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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]
Blog: Hue, Danang and Hoi An
Date: June 9th 2009

Hue

We left Hanoi in the early evening on the Harry Potter-ish named ‘Pumpkin Express’ sleeper train south to Hue. (The state train company runs the locomotive and most of the carriages, a few private companies hitch on their own carriages which they market to foreigners). I've thrown in a couple of photos of what the dining car was supposed to look like, and what it did in reality). ... read more







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