Pagoda

Day 37: Hué, Vietnam

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March 5th 2009
Tuesday, March 3rd So today was the day we would see if we'd get our passports back. We had to wait till the afternoon cause we joined a guided group tour for the day to visit some of the many tombs, temples and mausoleums scattered throughout Hué. We got on a "Dragon boat" and cruised down the Song Huong (Perfume) river to the Garden House, then to the Thien Mu Pagoda where we saw, a ... 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