Our Hotel St, Ho Chi Minh

MADE IT TO VIETNAM

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August 3rd 2010
Hello Blog (and maybe Mum and Clare who might read this 😊 This will be the record of our trip, if we can get to an internet place wherever we are 😊 and because my writing is so bad I won't be able to understand what i wrote as soon as i get back. We made it to Vietnam!! It was a long trip, with clare so superbly dropping us off at the airport in her jammies very early sunday mornin ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » District 1

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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