Hello Halong

What a view....

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June 10th 2007
Wowsers. Haven't we had a scenery-filled couple of days. We skulked out of our hostel in Hanoi on saturday morning, with lame excuses of "meeting friends", but Dave knew. Dave knew we cheated and that we booked a trip with another company without checking with him first. So in the absense of an offer to arrange a taxi, we trudged across the city (20 kilo back packs in tow) to the Kangaroo Cafe. Af ... 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