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Our staple meal of Pho Bo  
   

Our staple meal of Pho Bo

Ho Chi Minh and the Mekong Delta

May 19th 2014
We arrived into Ho Chi Minh in true style… we definitely weren't used to airports by this stage of the trip! We stayed in a great little guesthouse called 4 Boys (the old lady owner has 4 boys), and could walk to heaps of the attractions in Ho Chi Minh. The southern Vietnamese still call it Saigon which was the city's name prior to liberation by the north at the end of the war. The food is sligh ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » District 1

Vietnamese Flag 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
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