Cu Chi Tunnels

We'll Always Have Saigon

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January 23rd 2007
Day one...tackling Saigon & the astronomical number of motobikes speeding around the city. Talk about a serious rushhour! Adam & I hit up the War Memorial Museum, which I found rather hard to swallow. Filled with realities of the US/Vietnam War. Not very pleasant to experience from either point of view. The whole time I kept wondering what the hell we were doing & how incredibly difficult it would ... 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