Vietnam Part 1 (Ho Chi Minh and Mui Ne) Photo 11

Vietnam Part 1 (Ho Chi Minh and Mui Ne)

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December 8th 2012
First stop in Vietnam was Ho Chi Minh City, also known as Saigon. Went to the Cu Chi tunnels here where the Vietnamese hid from the Americans and then attacked them. Tunnels were tiny but did manage to crawl about 25m through 1 of them (lucky I'm not claustrophobic!) HCMC is a busy city with plenty of museums about the war, can see lots of captured American tanks and planes about! Good night l ... 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