Dinner in Hanoi

Halong Bay and Hanoi

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September 13th 2008
Halong Bay was amazing!!! We are below budget for asia (as everything is so cheap!) and decided to splash out in Halong Bay and book ourselves on a posh boat. Because we booked the boat on day of departure we were able to talk them down on rate by about 50% so we were very pleased with that. The boat was called The Jasmine with the company Cruise Halong which we would strongly recommend. We eac ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northwest

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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