Jen and Buffalo

Delightful Da Lat

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August 22nd 2009
We arrived in Nha Trang early in the morning, and had a 2 hour wait for our connecting bus up to Da Lat. The journey took about 5 hours, and the last 3 were very steep and windy, and rather nerve wracking if you looked at how close we were to the steep cliffs on either side! We arrived mid afternoon, and decided not to stay at the hotel we had been dropped off at, despite their best efforts. Jen a ... 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