The river in Hoi An

Hoi An

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October 25th 2008
Days 54 - 56. Friday 24th October. Woken up by Lin at 8.30am as she was heading off and wanted to say goodbye to us all before she did. So sat in watching films until checkout at midday. Our bus to take us to Hoi An arrived at 2pm. This journey was only 4 hours and the beds were so much more comfortable than the trip to Hue. We still had a ridiculous driver though who would overtake blindly ... 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