Around and about in Saigon December 18th 2011 And I cant say we have done much except walk around a lot. We have done the whole area around our hotel glimpsing into other peoples lives and so grateful for the one I have been blessed with. For the past two days we have been into town and done a few circuits past all the sights and been inside a few like the church of Notre Dame and the post office which is such a lovely building far too grand ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » District 1 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
trying to get to grips with travelblog is the first step of this adventure to china and i am trying to get it sorted out before i leave!! hope 5 weeks will be enough time???
just some location of where cape town actually is: its situated on a peninsula with the most well known landmark icon of Table Mountain - Hoerikwagga in local language- and has been declared a World Heritage Site. Not far from Cape Town (about 2and a half hours) is the real tip of Africa - Cape Aghullas the southerly most tip of this continent.
Since I first started this blog i have traveled extensively with Terry to C... full info