Rach on Boat

August 26th 2008
We Went down to eat breakfast at 7 after packing our stuff up and having a shower (the water was working this morning!) Our bus was meant to pick us up at 8 to go to Ha Long Bay but was an hour late. This didnt matter particularly because we got chatting to an Australian guy who had just travelled up from Hue on the bus - the same service we were going to travel South on. He filled us in on each o ... 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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Dom and Rachael

Dom Rach

Finishing university, settling down, getting a job and a mortgage, it all seems a little too fast for my liking! So in an effort to delay the inevitable the decision was made to simply disappear for a few months...to go and see the world! The plan is to begin in the famous travellers haven, Thailand. We then head North and into Laos, travel down through Vietnam, across Cambodia before venturing South through Malaysia and home from Singapore. The schedule is tight at 52 days and no doubt we will have to bypass some of the sights, but you can't do everything! We fly out on the 11th August... full info

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