Covered Bridge

Time Warp

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August 2nd 2006
It's six in the morning. Fresh (or not-so-fresh) off our night bus from Nha Trang, we set off on a couple of xe ôm to find our hotel, which I had booked the day before. We are staying in a tiny five-room hotel going by the name Minh A. It is a 17th-century house which up until a few years ago was inhabited by the descendants of a Hội An merchant family. Because commerce is what Hội 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