The luxury of height...

The rain in Hue...

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November 11th 2007
Falls mainly all day... The overnight sleeper train from Hanoi to Hue was filled with numerous joys, the most delightful of which was the fluoroescent lights that burned all night, just centimetres above our noses. Needless to say, we arrived in Hue fresh as last night's beer. Little were we to know that our first afternoon's brief stroll about Hue (along the banks of the Perfume R ... 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