Saigon Traffic

Saigon

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August 30th 2008
We decided to take a fast boat into Vietnam from Cambodia and it was a good little trip which took about 5 hours and included border crossings. We sat on the front of the boat for the first half and got a little sunburned. We arrived in a little town (pop 100,000) called Chau Doc. It was much much less catered to tourists than Cambodia. There were only a few hotels and people did not spea ... 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