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Last day with Bobo

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July 12th 2009
After spending the morning meeting Bobo's really nice friends at the beach we took the bus back to HCM. It was a quicker journey as we took a mini bus and they can weave in and out of the traffic really fast. In the evening I took a few members of Bobo's family for a meal as a thank you. We ate fish steam boat or hot pot as we call it. It was great - it was really big and very cheap even with ... 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