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An afternoon at the Vietnamese amusement park

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November 23rd 2008
We needed to remain in Saigon while Krysta was recovering from dengue which gave us the opportunity to go and see the city in greater depth. One of our stops was a theme park called Suoi Tien, essentially the Vietnamese Disneyland. While not the same in quality, it is the same in scale, and offered an excellent day of life-threatening cultural entertainment we will not soon forget. It was beaut ... 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