Bananas!

Mid-Autumn Weekend

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September 15th 2008
My busy weekend has turned into a busy week already. I should begin with last week, though. We have begun in earnest Vietnamese, and have at least two hours (though twice we had five hours) of Vietnamese every day. It is rather intensive, but the grammar rules make sense, the verbs don't have to be conjugated, and as long as I can remember the basic words and numbers, I should do mostly alright. W ... 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