sunset view from our hotel on Cat Ba

Exploring Halong Bay from Cat Ba island

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February 1st 2009
Another day, another long journey ahead of us; this time we're leaving Hanoi for Halong Bay. We decide against taking an organised tour as we want to go at our own pace, basing ourselves on Cat Ba island, the only inhabited island in the bay. So we steel ourselves for the chaos of the bus station. The plan sounded simple...Hoang Long bus company supposedly sell a bus/private fast boat/bus combo ti ... 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