Border Boat

Chau doc

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February 4th 2010
After breakfast and checking out we caught a tuk tuk to our boat and completed our visa forms then we were on our way. During the boat trip we saw floating villages and lots of fishing going on. We misssed all the pirates between exiting Cambodia and entering Vietnam then arrived in Chau doc soon after. We caught cyclos(bikes with a small cabin on the back) to a hotel in town which was fun. For ... read more

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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