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Dalat

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January 21st 2009
We arrived in Dalat late in the evening after a 9 hour bus journey. While the distance between Saigon and Dalat is only several hundred kilometers, single track roads combined with mountains made for a slow journey. On the bright side we did end up chatting to a lovely young Vietnamese lady called Thao who gave us some of her fruit, advised us on where to go in Vietnam (and showed us pictures of t ... 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