Hoi An vegetable market stall

SE Asia 2014: Day 8

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November 12th 2014
Wow, what a full day! Let's get started. First, a note on the weather. As you have probably gathered, while temperatures have been suffocatingly hot here in southern Vietnam, in terms of precipitation the weather has been good, with only brief spots of rain. Today, however, we awake to angry, overcast skies. Buffet breakfast at the resort and then we are off on the bus to explore Hoi An, con ... 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