inside the Jade Emperor Pagoda

miss-ing Saigon already

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August 8th 2007
We left Mui Ne slightly down after a lack of sun and weren't looking forward to the prospect of a Hanoi-esque city in the rain! Thankfully Saigon hasn't disappointed, has been lots of fun and the weather has been good to us. Our first day we decided to do some sight seeing around the city and found a friendly cyclo driver to take us to where we couldn't be bothered to walk!This was another fun ... read more

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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