Halong Bay

Halong Bay

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March 17th 2007
The Vietnamese Circus We only had 10 days or so to see Vietnam so we had to race through the country. Luckily this was easy to do as Vietnam is way more accessible than we thought. Travel here is real easy and v cheap. We landed a bus ticket to take us all the way south to Saigon from Hanoi for 20 bucks with as many stops as we liked. Great deal, bad buses. We did two 21hr bus rides i ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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