Good morning Vietnam!! (well what else was i supposed to call it?!)
November 29th 2007 After a short but sweet cruise through the land of temples, dark decades gone and light fingered little children (okay, there was only one that we encountered and the rest are lovely little nippers), Cambodia, we set off on what was to become our last full day of travelling for a good few weeks. Two long-distance bus trips and fourteen hours later, the majority of which were to a Khmer karaoke sou
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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 
