Nice temple

Miss Saigon is a Bitch!

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November 15th 2008
OK time to reflect on my two weeks in Dirt City - Saigon. After six months in Australia and the entire last month in Melbourne I was really finished with Oz and was longing for a nice and quiet place. I still am... Of course I knew this since I just left one metropolitan city for another. However, I didn't have much of a choice, thanks to ShitStar (isn't that the new official name of JetStar?) I t ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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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