All the buildings are yellow in the "old town"

Heids in Heaven! - Hoi An

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June 12th 2006
Well, well, since there were no negative comments I have once again been given the privledge of writing a second blog--thank you all very much. Heidi did have her doubts before I sent the one about Halong Bay 😊 I have recovered from my bout of food poisioning- after one month of travelling and not really caring in what I ate I was bound to get it at some stage, unfortunately it was when we ... 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