Hue

Hue

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October 19th 2010
Jumped on a night sleeper bus from Hanoi, arrived an hour late from Ha Long Bay, but they were still waiting for me which was cool, otherwise i'd of stayed in Hanoi for the 1000 celebration. 12 hours on a bumpy uncomfortable bus (nightmare), got about 2 hours kip, therefore when I arrived at Hue at 10am it was a case of check in and slowly walk around the citadel. Citadel was alright. They are cur ... 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