Our Junk

Ha Long Bay

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February 7th 2008
After a cramped 'bus' ride (15 people crammed into a Ford Transit van), we arrived at the harbour amongst hundreds of other tourists and were directed to our Chinese Junk - there are 500 boats in that harbour, so losing touch with your group at this point would be an absolute disaster; therefore, we remained as tightly knit as we had been in the van. The junk itself was terrific and we all ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northeast » Quang Ninh » Halong Bay

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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