The beach at Hoi An

Another squadron of mosquitos has just launched and is heading my way

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March 15th 2008
The original plan was to come down to Hoi An for a couple of nights and then shoot up to Hue before flying south to HCMC. After landing in Danang, that little place made famous in the American War (as viewed from the Vietnamese side of things) and cruising on down the main road past the massive coastline destruction (I mean development) projects you arrive at Hoi An. It all started out bad when th ... 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