Saigon traffic

SE Asia 2014 Day 3

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November 7th 2014
After breakfast at the hotel, we are off to Cu Chi to visit the underground city that developed there during the Vietnam war. It is a beautiful day–already 30ºC and very humid, with a bright blue sky speckled by clouds. As our bus glides through the ocean of motorbikes, we take in the Saigon atmosphere. The basic building style in the city is a narrow building of from 2 to 8 storeys, stacked t ... 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