View from the waiting area.

My first actual trip on a motorbike

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March 17th 2009
I had asked Mark (the father of the german family I know) what their plans were for the weekend. He said that they would probably go to Vung Tau, the place I'd been with my friend the weekend before. I was invited to come along and we decided to go by motorbike! I left the house at 8 am on Saturday morning, headed to their place and left just a few minutes later. The ride was a lot of fun (I felt ... read more

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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