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Mekong three day tour

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August 24th 2006
22 August, Tuesday... We had decided to leave Vietnam with a tour of the Mekong Delta before heading up the river into Cambodia as we're sick to death of buses, although it is a malarial area so could die of something worse (don't worry, I got me pills). The tour itself set off early, as they always seem to, so another early start for us and nfortunately while fumbling to switch off my alarm I dr ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta

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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