Me at Angkor Wat

Crazy Saigon!

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February 23rd 2007
Hi there.... After my last blog a few people have asked me to add pics of the Killing Fields, so i've added a small selection in the last blog! I left Cambodia yesterday and arrived in Vietnam, Thats another country ticked off the list! To be honest I'd have liked to have spent more time in Cambodia, there was still alot to see but I'm on a time schedule so had to get to Vietnam! After being ... 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