Huang Sen Hotel

Not the greatest architectural style, but central and very good value

Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City - SAIGON RE-VISITED

August 6th 2011
It's been more than a few years since I was in HCMC - better known probably as Saigon. I always had a slight shiver arriving at Tan Son Nhat International Airport remembering the scores of American servicemen who had passed the same way, many returning home in body bags. I first visited in the early '90s just after the country ... 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

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I could be described as a flaneur - Dictionary definition: "an intellectual and physical wanderer, observer of life". I travel extensively in Asia, the Middle East and East Africa. My tales, stories and rants here are part fact/part fiction but, I hope, always stimulating and sometimes irritating. PLEASE don't take them too seriously - they are meant to inform but also to amuse and to get under your skin. I hope there's a bit of an "edge" in what I write sometimes. For those that take themselves over-seriously: it's a BLOG! Not "the Truth"... just my weird personal take on... full info

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