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Hoi An

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March 26th 2012
Hoi An After a fabulous peaceful sleep we went sightseeing. We bought tickets for the old town by yet another grumpy young women and went to the first assembly hall to discover it was closed. Back to the kiosk. After some questioning we found out the various opening times; nice of them to this on the tickets! We walked the pretty, narrow streets admiring the small, old, mustard pa ... 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