Hoi An Old Town

Hoi An - we love it!

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August 7th 2010
We got a night bus arriving in Hoi An at 6.30am which was far from fun... we boarded the ‘sleeper bus’ excitedly 12 hours previously to be told that we were pretty much not allowed to sit anywhere we wanted to so I selected the back row which turned out to be the area pumped with hot air and stinking of urine which was pleasant. We had a French boy on the aisle next to Lucy, he got on with a g ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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