The view from our Bungalow

Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi: a bout of food poisoning, lying bus companies and some lovely new clothes!

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February 7th 2010
We had an easy day the day after my parents left us. We just chilled out watching English television in the hotel. We managed to rouse ourselves for long enough to buy an open bus ticket to take us up the Vietnamese coast. It is a flexible ticket that allows us to spend as many nights as we like in any of the towns we have pre-selected. The next morning we were collected from our hotel by a ... 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