japanese covered bridge

"essscuse me, you buy something here! this look very nice on you!"

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July 30th 2010
We started our trek into Vietnam a few days ago. Thanks to this fabulous Vietnamese man, Larry who was on business in Laos, helping us along the way. Chatting it up along the 15 hour bus ride, extremely car sick, trying not to be rude and keeping conversation. Telling me how he drank weasel poop coffee in pakxe (a farm you can find up in the bolevan plateau) and is a vice director of a trading com ... 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