Making sweets at the Sweet 'factory'

Vietnam - Saigon and Mekong Delta

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September 24th 2011
After a quick shower we caught the mini bus to Cu Chi Tunnels. Our guide, Joseph, showed us around the ‘jungle’ demonstrating the Vietnamese traps to catch US soldiers and explained how they used the tunnels to escape and hide in the Vietnam war. Over 20,000 people lived in the 250km of these very small tunnels and the Americans were unable to penetrate or destroy them as they were built on di ... 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