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Most women wear these cotton dust masks (some where them all the time). The long gloves are worn by many of the younger women to keep their skin light coloured (dark skin is ugly as we were told by a Vietnamese man)

Hoi An - New Years Eve

February 16th 2007
Quite happy with the new hotel - slept in until 8:am and had a lazy day. I forgot to mention for those coming here that the Phuoc An charged us 5 $20 but I heard that couple in the same type of room only paid $15. This morning we went to the orphanage that is about 2 blocks from where we are staying. Gave away some colouring books, hacky type toys, and pencil crayons that James had bought. P ... 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

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