Birthday

Birthday, Christmas and New Year in chaotic HCMC

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January 18th 2006
Apologies for delay in blog update. It's been a while as a) nothing of interest has really been happening and b) every time I want to upload photos the travelblog website doesn't work. So as this is a blog about xmas and new year I'm just going to upload it without photos and I'll try to upload photos tomorrow again. Hello people! Thanks to Lisa for her very lonely comment on my previous bl ... 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