Citadel, Hue

11-12/11/08... Hue

---

November 19th 2008
Oi oi!! I tried uploading this before but internet crashed. Typical!! Ok well Hue wasn't particularly exciting. Donna has some trousers made, we went to a market and we visited the Citadel. That was a bit of let down as it was covered with scafolding and where it had been bombed in vietnam was they replaced things with plastic replicas! Nevermind. What was really funny was getting our nails don ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » North Central Coast » Thua Thien - Huế » Hué

---

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