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Welcome to Vietnam

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July 23rd 2008
So arriving in Vietnam was definitely a bit of an adventure. Our agency that issued us our vietnamiese visas said that we could bring a credit card to pay for the visa on arrival. Appearantly that was not the case. Chuck also did not have a passport photo. We wound up having a guard escort us through immigration where the immigration guy proceeded to ask Chuck for his hat for letting us through wi ... 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