Madame Guillotine

Saigon - Ho Chi Minh

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January 8th 2013
Hope you all had a great christmas and new year. As I said in the last blog spent crimbo at the beach doing a great deal of nothing a fair amount of drinking and far too much eating. Shot back through Phnom Penh over night before getting the bus across the border to Saigon/Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam. Had an uneventful journey until we hit Saigon at rush hour which was a nightmare. At one point we grou ... 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