Sinking sand sandal

Mui Ne Dunes

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May 28th 2010
When we stepped out of the train station at Phan Thiep we thought we had been transported back to India. The persistent taxi and motorbike drivers offering to take us the 16km to Mui Ne were as determined and dogged as all of Delhi's tuktuk drivers. We smiled saying "no thank you, we take the bus" whilst atempting to walk away. "No, no bus, there is no bus to Mui Ne" they agitatedly shouted back, ... 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