Setting sail for Ha Long Bay

April 26th 2006
Hello to you all! Thanks for all your comments it was great to read them! Well we've made it to sunny Hanoi and it's a head spinning introduction to Vietnam. We thought that HK was busy until we arrived here! Hanoi has served as Vietnams capital for almost 1000 years and its a place of pagodas, temples, french villas and the occasional office block trown in for good measure. The traf ... 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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Emily Hodkinson

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Ok, so we've jacked in the jobs, rented out our houses and have all the preparations in place for our once in a life time trip. We leave the UK on 17 April 2006 and plan on arriving back at the end of Jan 2007. The countries we're visiting in are: Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. It's a lot to see in such a short time, but I'm sure we'll manage it! We'll keep you all posted along the way. Make sure to keep in touch! x ... full info

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