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Ha Long Bay - Thousand island stressing...

August 22nd 2010
Sunday, 22nd August Via a relatively poor night of sleep due to the fact there was a storm and our roof had more holes in it than the plot of Star Wars (see Robot Chicken) we got onto a 3 hour bus to Ha Long Bay. We hadn't booked onto a party boat but were quite surprised that the average age of our tour group was older than Helen Mirren (what she looks like, not is). Of course we made the ... read more
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Vietnamese Flag 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
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