Vietnam (217)

Day 37 Wednesday June 10, 2009

---

June 10th 2009
Day 37 Wednesday June 10, 2009 Finally arrived in Hue at 8am and had to switch to another bus to take us on to Hoi An. There are usually two guys on the bus, the driver and the ticket taker. Most of the tourists have open ended tickets (a booklet of tickets to each destination) and the ticket taker on this bus was trying to take more tickets than needed to the next destination from a British coup ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast » Quảng Nam » Hoi An

---

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