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Heading down To Hue and Hoi An

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March 12th 2013
After quite a noisy nights sleep in the dorm, we decided to hire bikes and cycle round the old part of Hue, the citadel. After cycling amongst some pretty heavy traffic we reached the citadel and 80,000 dong lighter we walked inside. We walked around the beautiful carved and decorated buildings, felt very tranquil inside the grounds. Alot of history amongst those walls aswell. We carried on on our ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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