Hotel d'Ville and Uncle Ho

Good Morning, Vietnam!

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May 31st 2007
Since arriving in Vietnam, I have barely had a spare moment to myself. So even though I left Kate behind in Phnom Penh (moment of silence), I've made some awesome new friends and caught up with some new-old ones 😊 Every night in my journal - well, once a week for every night - I write down a short, two line summary of what happened that day so that I'd have at least something to jog the me ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » North Central Coast » Thua Thien - Huế » Hué

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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