Our train

Adventures on a train.

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November 14th 2016
We spent most of the Eighth day on a train. Before embarking I took a wander to get some coffee and a couple of little baguettes for the trip. Buying the baguettes was successful but my first coffee purchase ended up an iced coffee so I also bought a couple of hot coffees on the way back, I figured you can't have too much caffeine before a long day! We were very lucky not to miss our train, by ... read more

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

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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