Pagoda!

A day in Hue

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June 23rd 2008
Well we arrived in Hue at 8:00am after taking a sleeping bus for 13 hours. Shosh was not too excited about this because we were packed like sardines into these tiny beds (as if a greyhound bus chairs extended into beds) It was a zillion degrees and people in Vietnam do not know much about personal space and personal noise so everyone was blasting their own private music outloud. After an hour on t ... read more

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

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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