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Mekong Delta Boat Trip

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October 14th 2008
Today we left at 8am with a bus that took us to My Tho a town from where we left with a small ferry to explore some islands on The Mekong river. Our first stop was at a place where coconut candy is made. We were shown how the candy is made and were given samples to taste, super nice, so we bought some. Chris been looking to buy bottles of snake wine, wine bottle containing a cobra's head wit ... 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