The sitting Buddha

Beach life in Nha Trang

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October 27th 2006
Nha Trang is a beach town, in the center of Vietnam, the first days here we enjoyed the beach even though it's a bit too touristic for us- Italian food everywhere, Mexican, French, German and even a Turkish place. One day we rented 2 bicycles and made some site seeing. We visited the Cham towers and the biggest sitting Buddha in Vietnam. We booked a boat trip for yesterday, but it w ... 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