HCMC

roads in Vietnam, busy

May 8th 2008
Next step along the way was the border crossing into Vietnam. We took a coach from Phnom Pehn (pausing only to purchase more photocopied books from the street kids) and were pleasantly suprised at the uneventfulness of the journey. The border crossing was one of the easiest so far and as soon as we entered Vietnam the relative prosperity of the countries were apparent. Ho Chi Minh City (AKA ... 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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Jo Brown and Trevor Dyson

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This is the blog detailing the highs and lows of Trev and Jo's year long trip around the world. We visited 21 countries, took 8 flights (not including one trip in a light aircraft flown by a teenager), countless boats, travelled on more busses than I care to remember, slept in over 200 guest houses, wore the same set of clothes (without changing them) in three coutries, climbed one active volcano, drank many Tiger beers, ate much rice/noodles, rode motorbikes/horses/bicycles, climbed up Macchu Pichu, stayed where Celebrity Love island was filmed..... It was a blast, but now we are home and ... full info

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