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Cat Ba - so far no cats.

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October 24th 2008
We' re in Cat Ba Island, in Vietnam! As Alex pointed out, yesterday marked the first day in 8months that we didn't wake up in China. It feels good, realllllll good.. Would be even better if Alex and I didn't both have a cough-cold thing. This is sort of a "how we did it" in case anyone else needs information. Our route: Left Shanghai via 24 hour train to Guilin, then hopped the 1.5 hour bus to ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hai Phong » Cat Ba Island

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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