Hoi An

Hoi An old town

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October 5th 2016
Hoi An - wow! We were about a kilometre out of the old town center where all the "You buy?!!" action is. We taxied in on the first morning ($1.50) and walked and gawked. Hundreds of pedestrians in the walking and biking only area where there are also hundreds of street-side hawkers and stalls/shops ranging from quite high end, to hole in the wall stinkers. The old town is virtually given over to s ... 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