...And Here's Her Armoury

We love Saigon!

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November 19th 2005
Having waited for an inordinate length of time for a menu, we were informed that there are no eggs in Vietnam, due to chicken flu (this later proved to be a lie), so breakfast was bread & jam, there were no alternatives. Then it was off on our last group tour to the Chu Chi tunnels. It is a good way to try and appreciate how awful the war must have been. The Vietnamese were quite talented at cre ... 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