Saigon (HCMC) January 18th 2012 Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City HCMC)
We left Mui Ne early on the 15th and was picked up by a very nice air con coach, looked brand new. We only paid $5 each for the journey which included pick up from the hotel so was very happy. We arrived around 4 hours later in Saigon and were dropped off right in the central district where most of the budget hotels were – bonus! We were getting a littl ... 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
September 2010 - 2011. We spent one year in Canada travelling from East to West, North to South. Worked a season in the Rockies at Banff whilst enjoying snowboarding for 5 months. We went home for 3 weeks before spending two months in India from 27th September - 2nd December 2011, then 4 months in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and finally into Australia by April 2012... to work. ... full info