Upper Class Backpacking

Refrigerated Leaders, Frogger and Corkage

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July 9th 2008
Easy Peasy Arriving in Vietnam was as easy as pie. We'd been expecting the worst after our horrible arrival in Cambodia but exiting the country was simple and the road to Ho Chi Minh City was lovely. Our bus company even dropped us off right at the end of the road where all the budget hotels are located, which meant no tricky taxi negotiations on arrival - fabulous. HCMC is hectic. Th ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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