Tea Ceremony

Dalat

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April 7th 2008
We left Ho Chi Min on sunday morning and it was going to be very hot again, we travelled a long way up in the hills 1200 meters above sea level to Dalat a town settled by the french in the 1800s It took us all day and we did not arrive until 5pm, we only had a couple of stops along the way for lunch and at a Tea shop to sample their tea and coffee in those very tiny cups. It is a beautiful city wi ... 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