Food vendor on the street

Saigon: a city better suited to video than to still photos

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March 28th 2008
First, my apologies for the serious lack of photos on the blog, and for what is about to be a brief entry, and thirdly, for the week of blog silence that is about to follow. I’m flattered by all your lovely comments and hate to disappoint anyone who is looking forward to daily reading here, but tomorrow we get on a boat on the Mekong River and there will be no internet access for a week. I will ... 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