Finding space on the top bunk!

Mud, Mud, Glorious Mud

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June 27th 2009
We left Saigon at abot 8pm and made our way to the train station. When we found our carriage we were quite pleasantly surprised (way better than India but not quite Thailand) and up until about ten minutes before the train was due to leave we had the cabin to ourselves; we hoped that might be the case for the 10 hour journey but just as the train was about to pull away we were joined by a very swe ... 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