HAPPY HALLOWEEN! We had a low start to the day, finished cooking up our eggs and toast for breakfast and had a few coffees on the balcony before setting out. We first set off towards the Independence Palace or the Reunification Palace, depending who you ask. It was about a twenty minute walk. The palace is historically incredibly important as this is the place where the Vietnam/American War pretty much ended when two tanks from the Northern Army drove through […]

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