Ho Chi Minh

HO CHI MINH CITY

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December 3rd 2007
Ive still got to add photos from Nha Trang - so we are jumping fprward to Ho Chi Minh city. As crazy with motorcycles as Hanoi - just as much fun crossing the road! Here, we visited the Cu Chi tunnels - the tunnels in which the Vietamese people dug & lived in during the war - amazing to see that they lived in this claustrophobic way - Justin & Neil went down into the tunnel but jo wasnt so stu ... 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