P5030501

Farewell Cambodia

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May 4th 2011
Hello everyone! Quite a long post this time, so bear with me. I write this from Ho Chi Minh City (formally Siagon) after a punishing 13 hour bus journey from Siem Reap. The first half of the journey was spent next to a toothless old woman who had smelt quite bad and insisted in fanning her aroma towards me. She made up this strange concoction of a red seed pod wrapped in a green leaf which she ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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