Mobile Produce

Women and children in antiquated rowboats selling fresh fruit and vegetables at grossly inflated price surrounded our junk boat. $2 for 2 Mangos? Absurd!!!!

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Into the Dragon's Den

December 3rd 2007
November 22nd - 25th: They say you haven’t been to Vietnam until you’ve been to Halong Bay. After 2 weeks in Hanoi I was ready to see the ocean again and spend some time on the beach. I took a 3 hr. bus to Ha Long City and boarded a junk boat that would sail through magnificent Halong Bay for 3 hours as the sun set dropping me off on Cat Ba Island. Halong Bay is a Unesco World Heritage sit ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northeast » Quang Ninh » Halong Bay

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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