Hoi An Beach

Hoi An

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August 11th 2007
We took a morning bus from Hue to Hoi An, calling in at a Vietnamese beach resort and 'Marble Mountain', another not-so-great tourist attraction on route. The drive in parts revealed some spectacular scenery, of paddy fields complete with people in conical hats, lagoons strung with huge fishing nets on bamboo poles, small villages, bomb damaged buildings... and in the distance the mountains over t ... 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