One of the many tailors on the lunar festival night

The beautiful Hoi An and its excellent tailors

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August 4th 2009
After our comfortable and uneventful journey from Saigon to Nha Trang on the open tour sleeper bus we thought that all future journeys on it would be that pleasant. We were wrong. First off we didn't manage to get the long beds at the back so were cramped onto the beds in the middle that were only about 4ft long. Amy's was slightly better because it was a window bed which meant that she had someth ... 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