dragon temple, da lat

siagon to buon ma thuot

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June 6th 2007
After leaving Cambodia, I arrived to my first stop in Vietnam. The city of Ho Chi Minh or Saigon was a great surprise. It's a busy city with traffic coming from every direction. It was much cleaner than I expected and the roads made sense. Signs were up along with working traffic signals (big change from Cambodia). The people were also very friendly. I met up with a few guys on the bus ride over ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » South Central Coast

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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