Dinner

Another crazy story.

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January 22nd 2009
Last Thursday we had Miriam’s goodbye dinner. She had chosen a vietnamese restaurant and it turned out to be an evening full of experiences! It started with the menue: they had the normal meat (chicken, pig, deer, cow), but then they had things like snake, bat, turtle, ostriche and a few more “special” dishes. I ordered some noodles, since even though I was curious, I just couldn’t imagine ... 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