Crazy Vietnamese traffic

Day 2: Unproductive day

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June 13th 2009
Lazed around, did nothing really then ate a delicious dinner at Ben Thanh Market. Ben Thanh Market is the most touristy place in HCMC, which I really don't like but on both sides they have these amazing food stalls (restaurants really) that are awesome and reasonably priced. We ordered: 1) Shrimp paste on sugarcane 2) BBQ ribs 3) Seafood fried rice and 4) Spring rolls, all for around 250,000 VND ( ... 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