Ready Steady Cook

Tick the boxes

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December 14th 2006
I've been ticking boxes again, although I wasn't pleased with achieving two of them: a motorbike crash in Hanoi and being bitten by bed bugs! The crash happened on my first trip so you'd think that would put me off, but no, when I got to Hue I did a motorbike city tour and a 200km day trip to the famous underground tunnels. To be honest the 200km trip was hell! It was freezing cold and it rained t ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » North Central Coast » Thua Thien - Huế » Hué

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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