Beginning the Stair climb

Vung Tau...... Why Not?

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September 11th 2008
August 31, 2008 I wasn’t feeling particularly well this weekend but was feeling better than throughout the week when I was offered this opportunity to go with some new volunteers, John, Andrea, and Andrew to Vung Tau beach about a 2hr bus ride away from Saigon. But we would not be going by bus but rather a hydrofoil, which sounded pretty cool. Anyway here was the Vung Tau plan: 8 ... 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