Greens at Dalat vegetable market

Easy Rider

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April 25th 2006
I took a break from the madness of Saigon to spend a few days in Dalat. Dalat was a French hill station and its cooler weather was a welcome break from the sweltering heat in the rest of Vietnam. This was the first and last time I wore a fleece in Vietnam. Dalat is a nice hilly university town set beside a lake. The city is much quieter than Saigon and is a haven for Vietnamese artists, tourists ... 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