Elephant Ear Fish

The Mekong (7-8 January)

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January 9th 2010
We took a 2-day tour from Ho Chi Minh to the Mekong River Delta, with an overnight stay in Can Tho. It included a boat trip out to the islands where we visited a coconut candy factory and bee factory and sampled the honey wine. We had lunch on Unicorn Island which we arrived at in smaller dugout canoes needed to travel along the narrow canals. For lunch we had a Mekong River speciality - Elephant ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta

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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