Hue

Hue

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November 15th 2009
Arrived in Hue and stayed in the first hotel we came to (where the bus dropped us!) partly due to the very friendly guy working there calling us in (and knocking down the price). Got settled in then went for a stroll along the slightly more chilled streets (although with even more rickshaw and motorbike peddlers) across the river to the Old Citadel - a walled part of town enclosing the older bits ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » North Central Coast » Thua Thien - Huế » Hué

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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