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Hoi An

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March 2nd 2009
Ross: After our bus was an hour late picking us up in Mui Ne, and after stopping for a pick-up in Nha Trang, we eventually rolled up at the Hoi An bus office 16 hours later at about 8am the following morning, bleary-eyed and fuzzy-tongued. We wasted no time in checking into the Hotel Thanh Binh II, one of three hotels in the Thanh Binh chain. For $15 a night we had a big room with air-con, a ba ... 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