floating village Halong Bay

Hanoi and a trip from hell to Ha Long Bay

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August 11th 2007
Aug 11 - arrive in Hanoi, Evie left to fly back to Bangkok and back home Aug 12 - 14 Halong bay tour and back to Hanoi Aug 15 16 back in Hanoi From Hue, Evie, Jen and I got on another night bus up to Hanoi. It was a bit difficult falling asleep that night as we were forced to overhear true love sparking between a young guy from Israel who pretended to know everything and some ditsy young Can ... 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