fastfast... how it felt to be in saiiigon...

i hate to say it but... Good Morning Vietnam!

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February 10th 2006
So, on Monday Feb 6 at about midnight, we finally arrived in Vietnam! Ho Chi Minh City! We both didnt really sleep on the flight, so we couldn't wait to find the closest hostel... We picked up a taxi to Pham Ngu Lao area (the traveller district), and were dropped at a hotel belonging to a "close friend" of the taxi driver. It ended up being far more expensive then he claimed, but we were tired, an ... 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