Mekong Delta

A long and winding road!!!

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November 4th 2008
We left the relative comfort and normality of Ho chi minh at 07.00 on Sunday morning, to head off on our first real excursion!! We booked a 2 day, 1 night trip to the Mekong River Delta. It was a lot of travelling, by various methods...bus, boat, ferry and bicycle!!! But well worth it, and hope the photos do it justice??? The first day, we went to a place called Cai be, and saw the floating marke ... 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