Yet Another Statue of You Know Who

Can Tho (25-27 Nov 12)

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November 25th 2012
And this is what you get for letting your guard down in Vietnam. I suppose it had to happen sooner or later to me, probably no tourist is immune to it. I got scammed. It happened on the short 3h minivan ride from My Tho to Can Tho. I'd hailed a minivan from the highway and asked how much it would cost. The price was VND150k (about USD7.5), quite steep for a short 3h ride, but I thought I wo ... 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