Dalat-The Crazy House

South Vietnam

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October 10th 2005
Dalat After a long bus trip (as per usual) I arrived in the Dalat in the late afternoon and as soon as I had stepped into the hotel that I was going to stay at the heavens opened and we got a dose of real tropical down pours. As I was a bit late in getting going in the morning all the motorcycle drivers that I had been hoping to catch a lift with that day had already got their cust ... 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