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Vietnam Days 1 - 9 (22nd Nov. - 1st Dec.)

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March 13th 2009
We have left it ages to update our blog this time - really bad - it was just a ploy to keep people wanting more, but strangely it hasn’t worked! Ha ha ha. No - that’s not true - we are just lazy. To pick up where we left off anyway, we were picked up from our accommodation in Phnom Pehn at 7.30am to get the bus to Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon) and made our way to the border. Th ... 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