Crossing the Mekong

Quick stop in Chau Doc

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November 23rd 2007
Our last port of call in Vietnam was Chau Doc, and we just spent one night here on the way to Cambodia. Chau Doc is a small fishing village on the Bassac river in the Mekong Delta and it is surrounded by farms and rice fields. We were only here for a short time so we didn't really get much of a chance to see the town, however in the evening our group took a motorbike trip up a nearby mountain ... 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