having a chat in saigon

Motorbike-dodging in Vietnam...

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January 1st 2007
Hello everyone. Hope you all had a really lovely Christmas and New Years! Here's to a fantastic 2007!! So we are now in Laos. We made our way from the south of Vietnam up to Hanoi in the north and from there headed over the border into Laos. We bought a bus ticket in Saigon which allowed us to stop off in a few places on the way up, each different in many ways. Vietnam is so varied and diver ... 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