A Cute Little Vietnamese Girl

Touring Vietnam

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February 15th 2006
The last four days have been spent touring Vietnam on a series of buses and boats. We crossed over the Cambodian/Vietnamese border on the "slow boat". We stopped at a little village to get our visas and the second we hit Vietnam we were greeted with amazing hospitality. One girl ran up to me jumped on my back, and then she procceeded to give me a massage and braid and put flowers in my hair. (I ... 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