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Hoi An

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November 30th 2008
Not to be confused with Hanoi (we keep misspeaking), we spent a few days in Hoi An, Bill and Linh joining us for the first day. We arrived by air to Danang, then Bill found us a car to Hoi An, around 40 minutes away. In the Hanoi airport, we met two Danish travellers who were unfortunate in that they seemed to bump into just about every bad experience you can have in Vietnam. We said we might s ... 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