Crazy House Sitting Room

Cool, Crazy and Communist

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July 19th 2008
Dalat is just a few hours from the coast but the temps are nice and cool (15-24 c). We walked around in shorts and tee shirts and the locals were dressed for winter with knit caps and heavy coats. It was a nice break from the heat of the coast. 800,000 thousand domestic tourists and only 80,000 foreigners visit each year. It's a bohemian little mountain town, folks wear berets, there is an Eif ... 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