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Lashings of cheap beer
Ding-dong, Saigon

December 22nd 2009
After our heavy-going time in Phnom Penh we were definitely in need of a change of scenery and a less bleak outlook. Luckily our next destination was Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) in Vietnam, another city/country that’s endured its fair share of war/oppression. Goody. After a monumentally uneventful coach journey and border crossing from Cambodia into Vietnam we arrived in HCMC mid-afterno ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnamese Flag 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
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