Traffic madness

Day 1:

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December 7th 2009
What a day! Arrived last night and we were miraculously met at 9:00pm local time by our hotel people organised from a different world away. Immediately we recognised the truth about the attention the children would generate. Caitlin, Fred and Lucy were all grabbed and variously innocently fondled by hordes of locals at the arrivals customs exit. Quickly and expectadly we also realised that Caitl ... 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