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Last Stop. . . . Vietnam - Chau Doc

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February 8th 2009
Day 29/30/31- Chau Doc Aw yes, where were we?!? Our lovely bus ride. This was a truly local bus, the luxury of A/C & a free water bottle was long gone. The bus ticket assigns a numbered seat, but the people inside didn't abide by this, so we just sat ourselves in the second row from the front. A women in the lone right seat in the front row sat staring at us for about 20 minutes, it was awkwa ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » An Giang » Chau Doc

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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