Reka Mekong izvira visoko na ozemlju Tibeta in teče preko Kitajske, Burme, Tajske, Laosa, Kambodže in Vietnama ter se, kot delta, izliva v Južno Kitajsko morje. Mekong je 12. najdaljša reka na svetu in 10. največja po pretoku, ki pa je z leta v leto manjši. Njena dolžina je ocenjena na okoli 4.180 kilometrov. Države, po katerih teče (brez Kitajske in Mjanmarja), […]
Read MoreSo, you’ve got quite a few options while you’re in Saigon-a lot of interesting stuff to look at and to discover. Since we are a little limited by our time here, we decided to Discover the Nine-Dragon river Delta…also known as The Mekong Delta. The river Mekong starts as high as Tibet, and runs through […]
Read MoreFirst, a history lesson:from 1010 until 1802, Hanoi was the most important political centre of Vietnam. It was eclipsed by the city of Hue (gonna visit it in about a week) ;), the imperial capital of Vietnam during the Nguyen Dynasty (1802–1945). In 1873 Hanoi was conquered by the French, and they built a modern administrative city […]
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