Cat Ba Island

North Through Vietnam

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February 4th 2007
You’ll be glad (I hope!) to hear that I survived the madness that is St Patrick’s Day and somehow managed to get up at 5am to catch my train to Byron Bay- quite some effort I’ll have you know. Hope you all had a great day as well- although gutted for both the Scottish and the Irish in the rugby. Anyway, into the next instalment of my travels… Seeing as how Will and I had landed a larger r ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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