Banquet Food with Dragon Garnish

Raining in Hue

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October 7th 2008
A short bus ride up the coast from Da Nang to Hue takes us over the mountains and past some old US gun emplacements that watched over the vital road. On the way we stopped for lunch at a "local Vietnamese restaurant". The prices were all in dollars, so hardly local! The food was nice and the sand on the beautiful, uncrowded beach was very fine - similar to that previously encountered on Whitehaven ... 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