HCMC 035

South East Asia 2013

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February 12th 2013
Arrived safe and sound after a really really long travel day. Started by having a canceled plane in Victoria due to bad fog at the Vancouver airport, then the second plane was late so I missed my connecting flights to Korea and Vietnam. Was able to catch a later flight to Tokyo where I had enough time to grab a sushi burger and a sony battery for my airport. Today I celebrated Tet/Chinese New ... 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