River View

The Long And The Short Of Hoi An

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April 5th 2019
Our journey from Halong Bay to Hoi An was certainly efficient but no less of a malarkey. It started with torrential rain requiring us to don hastily-distributed rain macs as we transferred from our Halong Bay vessel. Then a coach to some anonymous motorway service station, a change of vehicle then off to Noi Bai Airport for a flight to Da Nang and yet another van for the connection to the Silk Vil ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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