Will and Snake

Mekong River Border Crossing

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January 25th 2011
Mekong River Trip So we decided to cross into Cambodia by taking a 2 day tour up the Mekong river. It was lots of fun. Day 1 included: floating market (although we arrived after the action), coconut candy making (zeroing in on your fillings and doing their best to remove them! - we still have ours at the bottom of our bag), seeing how rice paper is made and then lunch at a local restua ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta » Can Tho

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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