Me and my Irish travelling buddies in the Vinh Moc Tunnels

Far and Hué

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July 29th 2006
Friday, July 28 2006 - enroute to Hoi An We'd heard bad things about the buses in Vietnam but we decided to take one to Hoi An anyway, seeing as how it was only 3 hours. 5 hours later we rolled into town after our first bout with the infamous Vietnamese bureaucracy (read: corruption). We were scheduled to leave at 2:00 pm but the bus was stalled for over an hour when the police decided to ... 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