Dusk on Don Det

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January 1st 2009
Briefly: My last nights in Laos were on an island in the Four Thousand Islands area of the Mekong. It was a great place for biking and relaxing, and though the Irrawady dolphins can be seen there, I did not see them and opted not to take a boat trip as I heard it was anticlimactic (fin in the ditance breaking mud colored water). I then spent 10 days in Cambodia split between Siem Reap (the temples ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta

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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