4th of July in Vietnam Photo 3

4th of July in Vietnam

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July 5th 2011
I know I was impatient to get out of Hue, but BOY I had no idea what was in store for me. Finally, we said goodbye to that hotel in Hue where we stayed for way too long and boarded a bus. This time, not a sleeper like the others, just a little converted minivan where we squeezed in with about 200 Vietnamese people. Before we left we had to sit in this weird bus stop, the first place where no one s ... 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