A Vietnamese evening

Mr Big meets Mr Shrimp

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November 13th 2006
We booked a direct bus from Phnom Penh all the way to Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon as it used to be called. After some absolutely monumental faffing at the border that turned a simple passport stamping into a two hour ordeal we were in Vietnam and on our way to Saigon. We were dropped in the middle of backpacker central and immediately set upon by a wall of touts, although we are pretty used to it b ... read more

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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