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One of the Food Markets  
   

One of the Food Markets

Emily and I started playing the guessing game... "Did this animal go moo?" "No, I think it went cluck cluck cluck." Needless to say we didn't have a clue, but the smell was pretty distinctive.
Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City)

January 16th 2009
At 7pm on the 16th January Emily and I finally made it to Vietnam. We left our plane and the delightful people at Qatar Airways and walked into a brand new terminal resplendent with giant Vietnamese flag, smiling posters everywhere, and, most importantly, air conditioning. After waiting a short time to go through all the formalities, we stepped out of the airport to be blasted by the smell ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnamese Flag 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
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