in the caves at Halong Bay

Northern Vietnam

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August 4th 2008
Hello from Hanoi! Ninh Binh was beautiful and it was great to get off the tourist track. We rented a couple of bikes and rode through the paddie fields and stunning landscape although we were caught in the pouring rain at one point (it is monsoon season up north) and ended up coming back to the hotel drenched! All good fun though!! After Ninh Binh we took a bus to Halong City and booked an overnig ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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