RECOVERED

Too few diamonds in alot of rough

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May 11th 2007
I would like to say our trip into north Vietnam was great, that it was fantastically organized that the people were great and we loved it all.. i would like to say that... but im unfortunately it would be one huge fat lie !! we managed to get out visas in Vientiane probably the most chilled out capital city in the world and booked on to the (now nickednamed) hell bus.. which as it turned out was ... 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