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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]
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: More Photos
Date: June 19th 2005
In Hanoi... ditched my crappy bus pass and took the overnight train from Hue to Hanoi with my aussie friends and a belgium couple. I can't remember their names, so I refer to them as Hanz and Franz (even though I know that's German...and I don't do it in their company, of course.) Anyway, train was lovely. Paid more for the one trip than my entire idiotic tourist bus pass, but it was worth it. ... read more
Date: June 19th 2005
In Hanoi... ditched my crappy bus pass and took the overnight train from Hue to Hanoi with my aussie friends and a belgium couple. I can't remember their names, so I refer to them as Hanz and Franz (even though I know that's German...and I don't do it in their company, of course.) Anyway, train was lovely. Paid more for the one trip than my entire idiotic tourist bus pass, but it was worth it. ... read more
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Big John
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Con Thien
sufring around, can across photo. Looks really peaceful now. I was there in 1969 & 70, lived in a hole in the ground right in front of the old concrete bunker,ate out of a can for 13 months on the hill. The hill took many many hits from the nva & vc, rockets, motors & gun fire. was know as hill of angels. thanks for the post.
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