Halong Bay Caves

Halong Bay

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April 11th 2009
We arrived in Hanoi at 430 am and went to the APT hotel where we slept a few more hours, showered, ate breakfast and then departed for Halong Bay. Halong Bay is a UNESCO world heritage site with over 2000 small islands that are called karsts. Also, it is supposed to be an amazing site with old juncks sailing through the bay. We went kayaking through the inlets and hiked through some amazing ca ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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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