A tight squeeze

Saigon... S**t!

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June 3rd 2013
We arrived into downtown Ho Chi Minh City late afternoon, after a bus ride through searing heat, torrential rain and floods. As we recovered our luggage from the hold under the bus, two things dawned upon us. The first being that, the doors on the bus had not been as watertight as we might have wished, when driving through the flooded towns. This mainly affected my bag, although to what extent was ... 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