View From The Rex

This picture was taken from the rooftop terrace of The Rex Hotel, in Ho Chi Minh City. A statue of HCM can been seen in the bottom, right-hand corner, and the stauesque Jen is seated at the left, reading.

Enter the land of Pho

February 24th 2007
We arrived in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) on February 8th, and left for Hoi An on the 21st. We toured the city, and met up with my old friend and ex-roommate Jean-Christophe and his father Gilles. JC has been living in Taiwan for seven years, and I hadn't seen him since he moved there to teach English. I was delighted to see him, and we had a chance to catch up as we all travelled together to Mui Ne ... 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

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