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July 22: Visiting Grandpa

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July 22nd 2011
Bac Phuc told us that he would be at our rest home at 6AM to bring us to Ba Noi’s and so we were up early after the busy night of celebrating. We waited. And waited. And waited. Finally around 9AM we decided to break down and use Matthew’s phone to make a call. It took a while to get the phone to dial properly and connect, and when it finally did Thu teased her dad for forgetting. The au ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » District 1

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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