Dalat

Dalat

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December 9th 2010
Suzanne here... The bus ride in to Dalat was promising. Lovely scenery, and we saw coffee growing which was very interesting. We were really looking forward to our stay. The guidebooks describe Dalat as a 'petite Paris', an 'utterly charming' little town with lots of French architecture and great scenery. The town didn't look particularly pretty on the drive in, not helped by the fact that ... 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