Prao

A friendly town, 100km West of DaNang - full of character and wicked Ruou.

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Hamburger Hill

Home of the notorious battle in 1969, Laos tribes moved to this desolate area in 1975. Now they have thriving communities which have expanded to include tour guides for exploring the hill.

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A Luoi

The road from Khe Sanh follows the Da Krong River and cuts through spectacular forest.

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Khe Sanh

20km from the Laos border, the home of a former US Marine outpost and ordnance graveyard, Khe Sanh is a tad odd.

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DMZ

A demilitarized zone (DMZ) is an area, usually the frontier or boundary between two or more military powers (or alliances), where military activity is not permitted.

The DMZ, 5km either side of the Ben Hai River experienced some of the bloodiest fighting of the American-Vietnamese war.

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Dong Hoi

500km or about 9 uncomfortable train hours South of Hanoi is Dong Hoi. Lying on the Nhat Le estuary it has the best of sandy beach bars and a riverside seafood restaurants.

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