cocktails !!!!

A brief stop in Ho Chi Minh City

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February 13th 2014
Geo: 10.7592, 106.662We arrived in Ho Chi Mind City in the morning, found an hostel, visited a bit and left the next day very early. Ho Chi Minh City (formerly named Saigon) is very different from Hanoi. The streets are also very busy but somehow less noisy, people do not use their horns as much. I also think there is more high rise buildings here. We just walk around the city centre, went to ... 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