Rubber tree farm

and he's off

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March 12th 2011
Yesterday, a few of us in the group went on a tour of the Cu Chi Tunnels, hundreds of miles of underground tunnels, dug by the Viet Cong to first evade the French invaders and later the U.S. forces. I had no plans of going into the tunnels but wanted to shoot some guns. The Belmont group left this morning for the U.S. and I am about to fly to Hanoi to explore the north for a week. I'll spend ... 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