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Mekong Delta

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August 17th 2007
We took a day trip to the mekong delta from HCMC. It was arefreshing change to have an enthusiastic guide, who spoke good English, and to only pay the price LISTED on the wall...ahhh. The bus ride out to Mekong City was filled with factual information from our guide. We arrived and clambered onto very small, very worn old wooden boats. The water is a filthy brown, due to running through a numbe ... 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