Street in Hoi An

Southern Vietnam

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August 6th 2009
Leaving Hue, we were picked up soon after breakfast on foot to go and catch the bus to Hoi An and walked through the streets in a crocodile line style, picking up extra tourists from various accommodation on route. The bus itself turned out to be a really comfy sleeper bus - laughable that we only had it for a 4 hour journey, after the grotty night bus we had had a couple of days earlier we certai ... 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