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Rain in Hue/ DMZ tour

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December 18th 2005
It was pelting it down when reached Hue in the early morning. We hopedthe rain would stop shortly as we set off and visited the Citadel and forbidden palace that used to house the emperor of this ancient capital of vietnam. Unfortunately this structure had been damaged during the war with the french and you really had to use your imagination to grasp it's former beauty. In the terrible weather thi ... 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