Marie & Matthew in Vancouver

July 19/20: Saigon or Bust!

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July 20th 2011
One of the best things about traveling to Vietnam is that we get to fly non-American airlines. For those of you who have not had the pleasure of such an experience, I am sincerely sorry. It is one of the (many) highlights of long plane travel. While I don’t pretend that sitting for hours and hours on end, trapped like so many chickens on a semi-truck headed to the slaughterhouse, is anything ... 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