The Indochina is a very old piece of land, including states such as Burma, Thailand, Cambodja, Laos and Vietnam. It's an area rich in natural beauty and landscapes similar to each other, which giugnle, plains, wetlands and hilly. The countries within it are very different culturally between them, even among neighboring countries, for example in Thailand speak a language completely different from Cambodja, the food is different from the cambodian vietnamese and so on. Because of these differences is an area of the Indochina wars: the war include vietnamese, cambodjan and tensions between Burma and Thailand.
The Indochina is five times as large as France, and has about 300 million people, as the United States. Its climate is tropical, with stable temperatures around 20-35'c at north and 25-35'c in south. The warmest months are April and May, those cooler from December to March. The rains are consistent from July to November, however in recent years it has rained little, except in some areas.
The culture of these people is very old. The main religion is Buddhism. Indochinese nationalist character is not prone to submissions from other people. To learn the habits and customs, photos, and news please visit the forum and the homepage of this site.
Look also:
Indochina map
Indochina war
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