Cruising down the Mekong

Neither here nor there!

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September 11th 2006
Country number 4...Vietnam; new country, new language and most importantly new beer. First of all apologies for the length of this blog entry....lots to say! We decided after much discussion, reading and talking to other travellers to bypass the over trekked Saigon to Hanoi route of Vietnam (up the spine of the country) in favour of touring around the south (The Mekong Delta & Saigon) and ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Kien Giang » Phu Quoc Island

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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