Hills and Paddie fields

In the countryside

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August 2nd 2008
At last, an uneventful bus journey!...and we were in Ninh Binh, a small town, with nothing to do, but a great base to visit the surrounding area. We hired a scooter for a couple of days and set about exploring! Our first stop was "TamCoc", described as Halong Bay in the rice paddies, and they weren't wrong......only this place, in our humble opinions, was much nicer! We hired a boat and were ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Ninh Binh

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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