HCMC Hoops

Pho in district 8

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January 31st 2007
Hi there, it's Ilene writing from HCMC-- A few pix from the last few days out and around HCMC. Robert should be zipping his suitcase shut about now and getting ready to start his journey. Hopefully he can do a more thorough and entertaining job than me with this blog. The pictures may or may not do a good job of showing the sprawl and the differences in the different parts of HCMC--tidy tour ... 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