Hué - Vietnam - At the Fortress...Big Guns For Big wars

China and Beyond XV -Hué to Danang/Hoi An

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August 20th 2009
After a night bus ride with the secretive and seedy driver and his attendant to Hué, we were literally dumped off at a small hotel across from the local travel agent taking care of the Hanoi/Hué leg and arranging the transfers to Hoi An, I was so tired from lack of sleep, all I wanted to do was sleep on the sidewalk in front of the agency. There was however, a local with a motorbike who appare ... 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