Go fish

So far, so good

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January 2nd 2008
After a 24-hour journey (flight time included 9 hrs, 30 min to Tokyo; 3 hr layover; 6 hrs, 45 min to Ho Chi Minh City) and three unfulfilling airplane dinners, we—and our luggage—arrived in good order around 11 p.m. local time. After customs, we ran our luggage through a screener that no one was actually monitoring, and went outside, where Glen, a really nice British teacher from ILA (the scho ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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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