Our Guest House owner in Saigon was so cool, and he didn't speak a word of English - nor us Vietnamese, great conversations.......

Good Morning Vietnam (sorry!)

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February 16th 2011
Fact number 1 - We are now staying in our 12th Guest House / Hotel Fact number 2 - We are close to leaving our 3rd country of the journey - 11 more to come Fact number 3 - The cheapest beer we have drunk is the equivilent to 26p for 450ml Saigon bottle - Vietnam (not bad either!!) Greetings from Hoi An, Vietnam! So after our last blog entry some two weeks ago we have travelled down to the so ... 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