Kayaking

Hanoi

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November 9th 2011
Hello Everyone, (today's blog is written by Emma) We arrived in Hue early morning, giving us the day to explore the area. We went to the Citadel, which is the centre of the old city that also contained the palace and living quarters that used to belong the the royal family, our highlight was the ponds of 1,000 Carp which you could feed for a few pence. After our last very long night b ... 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