Carly's Turn

Ho Chi Minh

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May 25th 2008
Day 42 Up at 6.30am, we grabbed a tuktuk to the bus station stopping in at the supermarket for essentials water, snickers and chips before boarding the MekongExpress ($20) we arrived Phenom Penh about four hours later Carly woken just the once by rain! Yeah rain somehow made it through the closed window, fortunately the rain was short lived. After a quick bite for lunch we were back on the bus ag ... 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