Saigon traffic! Organized chaos or just plain chaos?

Nathan arrives!

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August 9th 2006
By Nathan Hey everyone .... finally arrived in Vietnam ... after 20 hours of being on a plane, it's finally good to be here. The flight was long, but luckily I was on one of those planes that had personal TV screens with on-demand video/audio/and games. It made the flight slightly more enjoyable. The weather here is not as bad as I thought it would be ... it has been in the low 30's most ... 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