Hanging Out the Train With the Other Passengers En Route from Danang to Hue'

Going Solo In Saigon

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November 3rd 2007
We took a bus into Vietnam, leaving Phnom Penh in Cambodia and arriving in Saigon (aka Ho Chi Minh City or "Motorbike City"). There's apparently 3,500,000 motorbikes in this place of a population of 5,000,000 and it's a believable statistic - the roads and traffic are completely out of control. The other thing out of control is the return of the dreaded mosquito's to our lives and in Saig ... 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