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March 21st 2008
We went on a couple of trips to the Mekong Delta, which is one of the largest water systems in the world. It was even more so given that the flooding in the middle of Vietnam was draining into the delta. Huge amounts of debris in the water caused problems for the boats. On one occassion we were tootling along when for no reason the engine cut out. I looked back to the skipper to see that he w ... 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

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Brendan and Linda Hegarty

Bren and Linda

Hi. My name is Brendan, my wife is Linda and we are both Irish, currently living in Dublin. My wife and I have always envied those young people who had the opportunity to travel after leaving school, collage etc. We ourselves went straight from school into the work place. We always told ourselves that we would make up for this by travelling after our retirements, if we made it that far. But we often asked ourselves why the pleasures of travel should only apply to the young or the old. What about us in betweens, yep thats right, the middle aged. Both of us were in the fortuna... full info

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