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"Saigon... shit, I'm still only in Saigon" (Apocalypse Now)

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February 12th 2009
I'd been steeling myself for Saigon, having been warned that it was hot and hectic, sprawling and difficult to navigate. But we find ourselves dropped off at 6am in a cool misty rain, onto a clean, wide tree-lined boulevard of a clearly prosperous district. The sleeper bus was pretty weird - the coach was divided up into 3 rows of bunk beds which run the length of the vehicle. The bunks are so nar ... 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