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Phu Quoc

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April 23rd 2010
Well we have now arrived in Phu Quoc, but first some news about the Saigon sojourn:as you can see from the photographs of the guys on the scooter , they really are barking mad-crossing the road was an adventure that's for sure . We had half a day looking around the Cu Chi tunnels which were fascinating and made for an interesting comparison with the WW1 trenches we saw last November at Ypres, fo ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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