The Brilliant Halong Bay

Day 4 Halong Bay

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November 16th 2010
Hanoi to Halong Bay Today again after another substantial breakfast, we met the Guide in the lobby for a 8am start to Halong Bay. We had had to condense our luggage into an overnight bag to take onto the junk, but our bags were to stay in the bus in the bay. We had a different driver today, as the last one was ill. This one favoured his mobile phone, as in Vietnam it is not an offence to phone ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northeast » Quang Ninh » Halong Bay

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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