Mekong Delta

The Mekong Delta

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January 25th 2007
25/01/07 Plenty of bus to Saigon, an almost 9 hours trip cost 85000d. It was a hot day especially we was descending from highland to sea level. Gum trees dominated all along the trip, with occasionally some coffee and other plantations. In some point we were so closed to Cambodia that even the farm land posted warming read "no admittance", and sometimes there were soldiers patrol the street wit ... 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