Monkey Mountain

Day 46: Off to Hoi An

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September 10th 2011
So our driver comes to collect us at 9.30am to bring us to Hoi An and stop at Monkey Mountain and Marble Mountain on the way. As soon as we get to marble mountain it starts to rain, and by the time we get our umbrellas out of our bags in the boot we are totally saturated 😞 Monkey Mountain has a massive Buddha on top and a temple, the views are pretty spectacular too. It stopped raining af ... 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