Encountering Cambodia and Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City, Sunday 2016 February 21
February 21st 2016 Breakfast was an expansive buffet of Asian and Western items. I combined the two cultures by having scrambled eggs and fried rice. (I am already tired of white bread - and white rice for that matter.)
We departed at 7:30, for a one-and-a-half hour drive through the streets of Ho Chi Minh City and slightly into the countryside. The downtown area, called Saigon, is an endless stream of small stor
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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 
