South East Asia Adventure Part Eight – Ho Chi Minh City and Nha Trang, Vietnam
Posted on January 8th, 2021 on https://travellingtheworldin360.blog
It was day eighteen of my South East Asian Adventure and this afternoon we were leaving Ho Chi Minh City and heading to the coastal resort of Nha Trang. Before this though, we had the opportunity to explore Ho Chi Minh with a morning of sightseeing.
Our first stop was to Independence Palace. It became known globally in 1975, when a North Vietnamese Army tank crashed through its main gate and ended the Vietnam/American War. Its history goes back further than this however, as it was built on the site of the colonial-era Norodom Palace, which dated back to 1868 and was occupied by the French governor-general.