View of the Beach-Cham Island

Cham Island Vietnam

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June 17th 2010
Down to our last two days in Hoi An. We took a boat tour yesterday of Cham Island with Blue Coral Diving Tours. There were only 7 people on the trip including us! Captain Steve (actually 4 of the guys on the boat were all named Steve) was great. The choice was to scuba or snorkel-we snorkeled. We hit two sites and the water had great visibility. All kinds of coral, trumpet fish, parrot fish, schoo ... 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