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Central Vietnam: Dalat, Nha Trang, Hoi An and Hue

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July 20th 2008
First stop on Geckos: the highlands of Dalat The bus ended up arriving in Dalat pretty late due to the 8 hour bus journey and I was very suprised to step off the bus and feel cold, a feeling I have not felt in a while! We checked in and got settled into our rooms and I was a bit miffied to find I was one of the few people that did not have a balcony in my room (because I was on my own ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Central Highlands » Lam Dong » Da Lat

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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