Hue

It's cold up North

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April 15th 2009
Leaving Laos When we last wrote we were just leaving Laos and in order to do this we had to get yet another bus. So on March 1st we left from Pakse to Hue in Vietnam which was only supposed to be 9 hours but turned into the inevitable 12 hours. The border crossing passed without event. The border guard did ask me what my name was when he had my passport but luckily I managed 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