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A Day Tour Around Da Lat

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October 19th 2008
Linda is taking a break, so I, Chris, will be continuing with the blog. The night before we booked a tour of Dalat, so we woke up early today to eat and get ready for the day ahead. The car picked us up at 8.30am from the hotel. There were 3 other people on the tour with us, a Israeli couple from Telavive and a Canadian from Montreal. So first stop was a cable car ride, 2.7km long across a valle ... 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