Banana Ladies + Binnson

Hoi An

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July 10th 2010
Our adventure to Hoi An from Cat Ba Island had us taking a bus-boat-bus combo back to Hanoi and catching a train from there to Da Nang. Our room in the train car slept 6 people, 3 levels of bunk beds beside each other. When we first walked in with our packs on we had to reverse ourselves back out as the 2 of us standing there filled the car and we could not turn around with the packs on. It was a ... read more

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

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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