Rice fields!

Another overnight train!

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March 7th 2008
We got straight off the bus from the Mekong Delta tour and went to the train station to catch the 23.00 train from Saigon to Hoi An arriving at 2pm. These trains were not as good as the train from Malaysia to Thailand! They were 'hard sleepers' which means 6 beds (3 bunks on each side) on a very hard bed with a pillow and sheet. We were with a group of 4 other 'foreigners' (as it said on our tic ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Quảng Nam » Hoi An

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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