Minh Mang Tomb, Hué

From the north to the middle, from the sun to the rain

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November 20th 2012
After a fantastic stay in Halong Bay it was time to start moving south. This time we went by night bus. It actually turned out to be a rather good experience. The bus had individual “beds” and it was only possible to lie down. The bed was about 40 centimeter to short for C, but it could have been worse. We left Haiphong at 6 pm for a 12 hour ride to Dong Hoi. The trip went well apart from a sn ... 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