Me and the party revellers having dinner.

Vietnamese rum and the 'Glorious Twelth'

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July 14th 2006
Hoi An Day One I took the bus from Huế to Hoi An and managed to meet the same guys who I had intended on meeting in the demolished hotel in Huế. We had a bit of a laugh about that but mostly we just bitched at the fact that the bus was an hour late! Bus journey was fairly uneventful but not for the want of trying by the bus driver and his friend. We stopped at a petrol station on th ... 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