Fancy shell fish

Day 352 - King of the Junks

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June 19th 2007
An 8am start ahead of the 3+ hour journey to get to Halong Bay. The tour company we went with, Handspan, favour the approach that we like of having everyone meet at their office. The alternative, which is to offer hotel pickups and which might sound better, invariably means sitting in a minibus for an hour picking up everyone else before driving past your own hotel once you finally get going towa ... 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