Cup stall at the Saigon market

Saigon and the Mekong Delta

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December 10th 2009
For our first day in Ho Chi Minh City we decided to wander around and see some of the sites. Needless to say we managed to get ourselves ripped off in our very first haggling situation. We came across two Vietnamese men, mid forties, who offered to take us around in their cyclo’s. We were planning on heading to the Jade Emperor Pagoda, and seeing as they had a list of tourist locations to vi ... 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