Sunset from Titop pagoda

Vietnam Redeemed

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January 12th 2009
Halong Bay is the most beautiful place I have ever been to! Hooray! Thankfully, we got out of Hanoi Friday morning. We took a bus to Halong Bay, where we boarded our boat, the Sun Cruise. It was a very nice boat, much nicer than carnival cruise lines. It had about 12 rooms, but as tourism business is slow here in Vietnam, I think we only had about 15 people on the boat. As soon as we got the ... 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