Emotional War Photography

War Remnants Museum, Saigon, a humbling experience

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November 13th 2011
Some people think we are here on holiday! We are not!! It's just that we like to enjoy ourselves at the weekends after a hard week at work!!! We ventured back into Saigon on a very wet Friday afternoon. The roads were flooded and it was chaos. It normally takes around 2 hours on a Friday but this time it took 3. We had decided to go slightly posh as we had seen a special offer in a new hote ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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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