Hue and Ninh Binh Photo 23

Hue and Ninh Binh

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April 24th 2011
Hue..... We spent a couple of days here and it rained non stop! We arrived in the afternoon after spending the day traveling. We had read that the train ride between Danang and Hue is meant to be stunning so we got off the bus in Danang, caught a moto to the train station and booked the cheapest seats possible! The journey was fun, the carriage smelt of wee and the locals were all eating dried fis ... 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