Cu Chi Tunnels

Saigon and Mui Ne

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July 2nd 2008
Hello Guys Well we had a lovely couple of days in Saigon (or Ho Chi Minh City - its official name but nobody actually seems to pay any attention to it and still refer to it as Saigon) Its a very very busy bustling city with crazy motor cycle drivers the horns blaring are driving me crazy! So we set off for Cu Chi tunnels on sunday these were the underground network of tunnels used by the Vi ... 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