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Welcome to the South, cowboy!

The thongs (slippers) that greeted us in our hotel room in Ho Chi Minh City.
Welcome to the South, cowboy!

March 17th 2007
Dear reader, I am finally back in Sydney after five fantastic weeks in Southeast Asia. I still have to write about our last part of the trip in Vietnam, during which we visited the Mekong Delta, Mui Ne, Nha Trang, Hoi An, the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), Hanoi, and Halong Bay. Due to uni work, I may not make any further updates until April. I can also tell you that I have posted a video of a b ... read more
Asia » Vietnam » Mekong River Delta

Vietnamese Flag 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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