Palace Hotel at night

Ilene's first check in from Saigon

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January 19th 2007
Ilene emailed Robert, to say . . . I'm here-- it's 1:30pm Friday here. We just got in and I'm firing up the laptop. We are at the The Palace Hotel after all, with wireless internet in the room--actually there is supposed to be wireless on the executive floors above us, but I correctly guessed that I could pull in a sign ... 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