The Sign Says Do Not Touch

Cool Highlands to Hot and Steamy Saigon

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February 26th 2009
Our 8:45am flight eliminated our breakfast so Roger procured individual french loaves from the bakery down the street. We hopped on to our turbo prop plane and 45 minutes later (instead of a 10 hour bus ride) we arrived at Saigon (HCMC) to a wall of heat and humidity. The guys were keen to see the Chu Chi Tunnels and the girls, not so much. These tunnels were used in the Vietnam war by the Vie ... 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