Riding the train

Hip Hip Hué

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December 16th 2007
So, after the longest we'd spent apart for 3 months, Hugh returned with a collection of photographs and I had nearly finished my book! On our last full day in Hoi An we started off with an early morning alarm to go down the road to see the fish market - even at 6am the streets were full of people and motorbikes and by the river there was chaotic activity as people bargained over boxes full of f ... 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