Shanty

Journey of Discovery Down the Mekong

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August 8th 2008
Peace............. this is the defning word to sum up my time in Can Tho. i had left Ben Tre at 8am for a 4 hour hour bus journey where once again i had the pleasant fortune of having a Vietnemese person learning English to sit next to me and spark up conversation (all be it limited). nonetheless due to these encounters i can now already speak more Vietnemese in less than 2 weeks than i knew after ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Can Tho

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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