Wading ashore

Nam and Tot-Nam

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October 28th 2008
There has been a bit of delay in this entry cos i guess we have been busy actually traveling to different places and doing stuff (v long v long sorry Ed). This is being written in Saigon (or Ho Chi Minh City if you prefer), in the last almost 3 weeks we have been North to South starting in Hanoi. We arrived on a Saturday to be confronted with the pouring rain and a thunder storm, thankfully by ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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