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Hanoi and Halong Bay

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February 15th 2008
We arrived in Hanoi, a fast paced, urban city. The highlight in this area was spending time on Halong Bay. We had a relaxing and beautiful scenic time cruising around the bay on a Chinese junk. At one point we got off board and spent a couple hours hiking through Awsome caves. The weather was great, big plus since we had so much rain in Hoi An and Natrang. Hanoi is large and noisy like S ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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