What a guy.
Apparently, as well as being a heroic former communist leader, he also had grade 8 piano, fluency in 42 languages and could actually fly for short distances...
A day out May 23rd 2007 Now I hate guided tours and everything about them - being herded into buses, only having set times in places and having to listen to the guide go on and on..... So what do we do, we booked a day tour to see the Cao Dai temple and the Củ Chi tunnels (Wikipedia's article linked here is great) . As we have no means of trans ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » Cu Chi 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
Instructions for travelling:
1. Purchase two backpacks and 2 round the world tickets. - Check
2. Viciously rehome vast tracks of possessions on ebay or Oxfam and ferret away the rest in a (very generous) friend's garage. - Check
3. Rehome unimpressed cat. - Check
4. Sell the house - No comment.
5. Board Plane. - Check
By the end of this trip, we should have enough anecedotes for a lifetime of boring friends of 'this one time when we were just outside and you'll never believe what we .
Result.
Anyone complains, we'll bring out the... full info