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Ho Chi Minh - Taxis, Haircuts and Tunnels

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May 3rd 2010
We arrived by bus from Phnom Penh into Ho Chi Minh City, the largest, but not capital city, of Vietnam which everybody still referred to as Saigon. As seems to be the way in Asia, we got dropped at a nondescript street corner. Once we had found in our Lonely Planet where the main backpacker area was, a taxi driver approached; we were initially dubious after Thailand where taxi drivers had absolute ... 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