The advantages of Not Complaining about Noise/ Mekong Delta day trip/Water Puppet Theatre
February 29th 2016 On the plane from Phu Quoc, to my horror and then relief, the guy who sat next to me was the terrible singer (Scandinavian, not Russian, as it turns out) who kept us awake the other night on his bungalow verandah. Soooooo relieved I didn't go out and complain, and that they were quiet last night! or Gill would have. How relaxing would that have been, oopsie, especially as they sat near us at break
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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 
