Harbor Town

Vietnam

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November 17th 2005
I left China on a good note and still calls me back for more. It was hard to leave Yangshuo, about as hard as leaving your home for an extended time. Leaving with lots of new life long friend that I will nodout meet up with sometime in the near future. But the traveling bug was biting and giving me that itch to be on the road into the unknown. So I packed my giant backpack and I left for V ... 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