Bry getting fitted

Hoi An - a shopper's paradise

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January 29th 2007
Tom speaking (typing this up in our hotel room in Hanoi where we've just arrived at 7am - Bry having a kip!): A not too unpleasant overnight on the train from Nha Trang got us into Da Nang early in the morning from where it was a half hour cab to Hoi An, a charming old fishing port just inland on the river; long since disused as a fishing port due to river silting up but retains olde worlde feel d ... 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