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Hoi-an and Hue

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February 22nd 2012
We did plenty in the beautiful city of Hoi-an including a cookery school, boat trip (yes another one) and spent many hours wandering the market and supping Vietnamese coffee. Having spent a great few days with Adam and Amy we shared a car to Danang calling at the Marble Mountains, then caught the train to Hue. The train crawled through the mountains, hugging the coast of the South China Sea. Hu ... 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