To Market to Market

Day 3 in Saigon

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October 19th 2005
Well we are leaving Saigon tonight (19/10/05), we booked a train trip on a soft sleeper to Hoi An, we leave at 10.30pm. I have come to the conclusion that Saigon rocks, the streets are choas and annachy but they really do seem to have order, the people are freindly and the food and beer is cheap. We visited the cu chi tunnels today, these tunnels streached for 100's of kms over the west o ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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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