Boats have eyes

First impressions

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September 7th 2008
Well, here I am in the lovely city of Can Tho (Khan-ter, if you want to begin to say it correctly!) Our guest house is right on the banks of the great Mekong River. It's really neat to wake up in the morning hearing the boats and barges and ferries moving up and down the river, to and from the floating market, construction sites for bridges, or loading docks. The river is quite wide (the size of r ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta

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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