Jade Emperor's Pagoda

Slapstick Chopsticks

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January 1st 2007
We arrive in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) to be confronted by a mass of people trying to get past a wall of immigration officers. We have only had 3 hours sleep on our 2 flights from India; it appears that the rest of the passengers in the lobby had as little sleep as us! It takes us an hour to pass immigration ( in the past it has taken us longer at Stanstead ) but it doesn't bode well. But then we ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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