South End of the Airstrip

Quy Nhon; Vietnam Like You've Never Seen It

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March 12th 2014
We were on the train heading to Quy Nhon. The train left Nha Trang at 3:30 AM. We managed a few hours of sleep before heading to the train station. Outside the front doors a group of taxi drivers watched a European soccer game on a TV which was perched atop a food cart. The station personnel were asleep on little cots behind the ticket counter. The fare to Quy Nhon was $7.50 each for the 5-hour ri ... 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