...and their floating villages

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May 24th 2007
We hadn't seen the ocean in weeks, and combined with the full on city experience Hanoi had given us it was time to get on a boat, grab some beers and hit up Halong Bay. Ha Long means 'where the dragon descends into the sea' (and yes that is taken straight out of my L.P. guide book p.851) and is made up of over 3000 limestone islands which are supposed to represent what's left of the dragons ta ... read more

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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

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