Harvesting water hyacinth

Encountering Cambodia and Vietnam - Hue, Monday 2016 February 29

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February 29th 2016
Last night was so cold I put on my fleece jacket in the middle of the night! The sheet and single blanket that was ridiculously hot in Siem Reap and just right in Da Lat was insufficient here in Hoi An. Of course there is no heating (yet?), so as we go farther north and higher in elevation, the temperatures inside and outside are much cooler. We now have to bring our jackets on the bus, rather tha ... 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