Boat to Saigon

Apocalypse Now in Reverse: Cambodia to Saigon on the Mekong

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August 20th 2010
There are several ways to leave Cambodia and enter Vietnam. The coolest way by far has to be taking a boat down the Mekong river. We had to take a bus a few hours south of Phnom Penh to get to the boat dock. The boat was quite late in arriving, some excuse about too strong waves along the river, and we had to wait around in a smelly hot shed for a couple of hours. The boat that was to take us ... 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