The Mekong

South Vietnam: Family Affair

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July 13th 2008
We (sadly) left Da Nang on boarded the "Reunification Railway" to the deep south. Only being a few hundred miles away, the bullet train only took 16 hours. We slept the night away and woke up at 5:00am to the blaring sound of "Saigon Dep Lam, Saigon Uh, Saigon Uh... La lalala la" - translation: "Saigon Beautiful, Saigon Uh, Saigon Uh... La lalala la". We soon got off and hoped onto a five hour min ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Kien Giang » Rach Gia

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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