Having a beer and traffic watching

A Lesson in History - Saigon!

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February 20th 2011
After the slow couple of recovereing days and a couple of bus trips we arrived in Ho Chi Minh city or Saigon. It was exciting to be in the hustle and bustle of a large city again. Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam and 10% of the population live here, thats 8.7 million people so its by far the largerst city we have been in to date. The city is amazing and instantely we fell in love with it , ... 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