Leaving Hoi An in pouring rain

Beach! Rain! Mud!

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October 23rd 2008
Arriving in Nha Trang on the night bus as a dawn broke was pretty special and that day we had gorgeous weather. A relief after leaving Hoi An in the pouring rain. The sea was warm and rough enough to be great fun, we'd negotiated ourselves a really nice room for 6 bucks and were planning on some serious beach time and snorkeling at the nearby islands. The next day it began to rain.. and rain. And ... 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