Pagoda

This Pagoda again looks out over the Perfume River. It was from here in the 60s that a monk set out for Saigon to set himself on fire... and became internationally infamous with the resulting gruesome picture...

Into Vietnam by cover of darkness...

February 22nd 2006
Hello! Well we're now in Vietnam and it's our new favourite place already! Don't get me wrong, it's true you do get hassled morning, noon and night from people trying to sell you stuff, but it hasn't put us off at all. (We are just getting better at saying NO, NO, NOOOO!!!!!! - honestly though, we'd love to help them out and buy something but we just don't have the money, even if they do bring th ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » North Central Coast » Thua Thien - Huế » Hué

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

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