Steve going in to a tunnel

Saigon

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February 11th 2013
Tet We left the hotel Saigon Dalat at about 1 and took an amazing journey to the airport, why amazing? Because there was hardly any traffic, we went mainly on a duel carriageway and it was such a good road with flowers in the central reservation and lights above so different to anything else we have been on in Vietnam. Arriving at the airport it seemed shut, upon enquiry we were told that all che ... 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