Meekong Delta

Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City. A short but sweet 4 days.........

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June 23rd 2011
Hello! Mark here, First of all I have to tell you that I'm not in a blog writing mood today. I'm grumpy, I woke up grumpy this morning, decided to cheer myself up by going to the number one pizza restaurant in Siem Reap for lunch, hunted for about 20 mins for it, got hassled by Tuk Tuk drivers and street vendors the whole time, found it, only to be told the pizza oven wasn't hot enough ... 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