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Mui Ne

December 7th 2006
There are those who would throw up their hands in horror but we decided that Ho Chi Minh was just another big city and chose to spend our time in Vietnam elsewhere. Yes, I'm afraid we missed Saigon. History Lessons Our first stop on the way South was the historic capital city of Hue. Some of the more recent history is not of the picturesque kind as we discovered on our day tour of the surrounding ... 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

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Carolyn and David

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Now finished our year long, round the world trip, during which Carolyn was able to carry her backpack and we both became experts at packing and unpacking in double quick time. We saw some amazing sights and met loads of interesting people. The best of both should appear in what we've written from Russia, Mongolia, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Guatemala and Mexico. To answer a few of the questions we heard regularly from fellow travellers and those at home alike, we don't have a favourite country, no w... full info

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