Halong Bay

Halong Bay and Cat Ba Island

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February 12th 2009
Hanoi was a great place to enter into the unexpected and vast differences that Vietnam has to offer compared to the rest of Southeast Asia. The cities are even crazier busy with motorbikes, bicycles, bicycle food carts, cars and such than in Thailand. The people are less patient, more grabby, and love to honk their horns, but Hanoi was great and we stayed a bit longer than we'd intended. We were e ... 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