Halong Bay

Holy Karsts, Batman!

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June 9th 2007
After a relatively sleepless night on bus from Hue I arrived in Hanoi, but only for a single night before I set out on a 3 day trip to the magnificent Halong Bay, and then a seperate day trip to a place called Tam Coc. That first night in Hanoi was a doozy, but for the sake of continuity I'll expand on that in my upcoming Hanoi entry. Halong Bay is a few hours drive East of Hanoi on the coast ... 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