Balut ...

... a bit of a rite of passage for backpackers in the Philippines, we didn't realize that this was also popular in Vietnam. For those that don't know, balut is a cooked duck embryo, and is one of the more mentally-unappetizing things you can come across. You start by drinking the broth inside, which wasn't too bad, a sort of bland Asian-style chicken broth.

Xe Om

October 10th 2016
Geo: 10.7592, 106.662Swarms of locust decimating a field of crops, or throngs of army ants overrunning their prey - those are visuals that come to mind when visiting Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's most populous centre. What exactly could swarms of insects have to do with HCMC? Because that's what Vietnam's Xe Oms, or motorbike taxis, remind me of! The roads of HCMC are complete chaos ... 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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