Ta Prohm

Vietnam!

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June 16th 2009
Alright so it’s been a while since I last wrote an entry! So last time I wrote we were just leaving Siem Reap, well we then spent a good number of nights in Phnom Penh. On our first day in Phnom Penh (Steve’s birthday!) we went to the Tuol Sleng museum which used to be a school which was then transformed into a camp where prisoners were kept and tortured and the killing fields (Cheung Ek) whic ... 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