Benh Tanh Market

To Market, To Market

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February 25th 2009
After being on the go, go, go and the stronger humidity in Ho Chi Minh City slowing us down, today we just went out to breakfast (no more noodles or loafs of bread --- the Vietnamese idea of ‘continental breakfast’…we had PANCAKES!). After breakfast, we hung around our hotel and rested up for the afternoon shopping at Benh Tanh Market. Holy crapola…was there some shopping to do! We got to ... read more

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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