View of china Beach Da Nang

Vietnam

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January 15th 2016
The next stage of our journey was not the best decision we'd made. Instead of flying from Hanoi to Da Nang, we chose to take another overnight train, partly to see more of the countryside and partly because Chris didn't want to face another take off and landing. Our previous experience of night trains to and from Sapa had not been wonderful but Chris convinced me that this train would probably be ... 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