HCMC June 4-8th Photo 10

HCMC June 4-8th

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June 15th 2011
After a couple of relaxing days in Mui Ne we jumped on a bus and headed further south to Ho Chi Minh City, the artist formerly known as Saigon. I wasn't sure what to expect to be honest, after the hustle and noise of the capital Hanoi, part of me expected more of the same (HCMC is bigger than Hanoi) yet somewhere in the recesses of my head there is a romantic image of Colonial Saigon - all riv ... 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