ho chi minh post office

Ho Chi Minh City

---

April 19th 2015
Arrived on Saturday 18th April to a lovely 36 degrees (but feels like 41). Amazing how anyone finds anyone with the volume of people and cars, buses, etc outside the airport. It seems to work though. Good to get to our hotel though and check in. Didn't need any dinner as we had 2 meals on the plane trip. We woke up early on the Sunday and decided to visit some places that we weren't going to ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City » District 1

---

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