Saigon at sunset

Crazy Saigon (Jan 2007)

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January 29th 2008
So we left Phu Quoc and said goodbye to Geoff and me, Aid and Chris got the early morning ferry and luckily the crossing was no where near as rough as on the way out (no puking for Aid, yay!!). We then got the bus back to Saigon for a couple of nights. We all went out on motorbikes with drivers of course. The roads are absolutely crazy in Saigon, so many many bikes and so many near crashes it i ... read more

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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