Cu Chi Tunnels

Sanantone in Vietnam

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July 2nd 2012
Took the Mekong Express bus from Phnom Penh to Ho Chi Minh City,took about 5 hours but it took an hour to go through immigration to get into Vietnam.We had to take all our luggage off the bus & put it through a scanner but things moved along quickly & it was'nt stressful. Caught a taxi from the bus depot, was 100,000dong about $5US, not too bad for the convienience especially with our luggage. ... 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