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Ho Chi Minh City - The City of museums and saigon green

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May 20th 2013
Up bright and early this morning, for our bus to Ho Chi Minh City. As per usual (we should have know really as everything runs on asian time here... late!), it didn't arrive on time, only a mere 2 hours late and we were off. It was another sleeper bus, so basically we got to lounge around in beds all day whilst we were whisked miles away to the south. After battling through the rush hour traff ... 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