Thank god i didnt have that 2nd big mac

Saigon

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July 12th 2008
Saigon is the capital of the South. Its a really cool city and sort of feels more western than Hanoi. We only spent a couple of days here as we are excited about going to Cambodia. We went to a cool war museum which has loads of famous pictures of the war, it was really quite gruesome. Then today we went to cu chi tunnels which were used by the viet cong to fight the americans. They were real ... 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