Mekong delta

Good Morning Vietnam!

---

May 27th 2007
Day 1 - Landing at Ho Chi Minh City Airport (Saigon) we were once again on unfamiliar territory. After a brief moment’s panic when Brad left his passport on the desk at immigration (that’s right folks - not me for once!!), we jumped into a cab and made our way to the backpacker’s part of town. As the cabbie picked his way through the mass crowd of mopeds and motorbikes that rule every stree ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

---

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