Vietnamese war museum, Hue

This was in Hue, coming into the North of Vietnam. There is a great citadel all around the old city which used to be the capital of Vietnam. Inside is the forbidden city of the emperor.

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North Vietnam !

January 10th 2009
As we travelled further North, peoples attitudes towards us changed quite a lot. There is still quite a large North/South divide even so long after the war, and perhaps due to the fact the North were actually fighting the Americans whilst the South were with them, and maybe cos of the way the French treated them in the past, they appeared to be more hostile, and certainly saw us as walking $ signs ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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