Girl in the picture
If you've ever read the book "The girl in the picture" Kim Phouc was a member of the religion. On the way to the Cao Dai temple we past where the famous picture of Kim Phouc was taken running down the road after an American Napalm attack. We also past her mothers noodle shop (it's all in the book :) ) ... the picture was hanging in the war remanents museum
From: Asia » Vietnam
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]
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] Blog: Mui Ne to Saigon
Date: November 16th 2007
So its blog time again! We've pretty much done everything we wanted to do touristwise in Saigon, so think its a safe time to wrap it up in a blog before we get on the road to Phnom Penh. We'll see what we can pull together here! We wrapped up in Mui ne, after having 3 surfs in total, waves dỉed down, wind dropped, so it was no more surf for the lads :( . It rained quite a lot one of the day ... read more
Date: November 16th 2007
So its blog time again! We've pretty much done everything we wanted to do touristwise in Saigon, so think its a safe time to wrap it up in a blog before we get on the road to Phnom Penh. We'll see what we can pull together here! We wrapped up in Mui ne, after having 3 surfs in total, waves dỉed down, wind dropped, so it was no more surf for the lads :( . It rained quite a lot one of the day ... read more
