Our cell for the train journey

GOOD MORNING VIETNAM!!!

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October 15th 2008
Our 7 hour bus journey was fine and we crossed the border relatively easily, with our immigration check just being a guy in uniform reading out our names from our passports like a school register and everyone getting back onto the bus. The journey was a lot more peaceful than the trip to Phnom Penh, with no Cambodian karaoke or Jackie Sham films to keep us company, however the incessant horn blow ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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