Halong Bay

May 28th 2008
Matt Writes: Halong Bay is a World Heritage site that is made up of thousands of limestone karsts. A true natural sight to behold and one of the expected highlights on our Vietnam itinerary. We carefully shop around to establish a fair price against comfort, and hopefully the legitimacy of the company we decide to go with. We leave Hanoi at 8am, crossing the Red River and sampling hu ... 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

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Matt & Emma

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Route so far: England to Ecuador, to Peru, to Bolivia and into Brazil quickly - for Rio Carnaval, then Argentina and Chile and over to New Zealand for a month, into Australia for a quick visit to lots of lovely friends and plans now are to visit Asia for a few months. We're not very good at keeping the blog up to date, due mostly to being places where the internet isn't always around, or working, or the fact that we're a bit slow. In fact our blog is very much like London buses, zero contact for about a month, and then 3 epic installments that will clog up your inbox, sorry about that. W... full info

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