Halong Bay hundreds of boats

We're not in Kansas anymore!

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November 21st 2008
Wow. Vietnam is someplace else! We arrived in Hanoi about a week ago and have been busy, busy in the North since we arrived. Our first Vietnamese experience was one with our taxi drive into the city. We've heard so much about scams here, and we almost got nailed right away. We had agreed with our taxi to pay 250,000 VND (about $18 Cdn) to get to our guesthouse, but a few kilometres from the airpo ... 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