Roadside stop en route to Dalat

December 18th 2008
We left Nha Trang on Sunday, taking the bus up to Dalat in the highlands. The trip there was a bit different to the rest of our journeys so far, as we climbed to 1500m and away from the flat lands we'd been in up to this point. We climbed for about 45 minutes on a steep mountainside road which clung to the cliff and turned sharply as it went. All the while the driver continued to take calls on his ... 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

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Nic and Cat are off for six moths for an amazing trip around the world. We are putting the day jobs on hold, binning the mobile phones and taking off to venture where nobody has ever been before. Well, we'll stick to the main tourist routes, obviously. This trip has been in our minds for the last couple of years and we've been planning it for about a year. We finally settled on a route, which will take us through the following countries before our return in May 2009 - just in time for the great British Summer!: Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Bali), Australia, New... full info

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