Halong Beach on the Gulf of Tonkin

Another nightmare bus trip to Halong Bay

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April 27th 2009
20th April 2009 This morning started with bad attitude from the guy on reception at the hotel. Yesterday we’d washed our clothes and asked if we could dry them on the sun terrace with the rest of the staffs' washing. We were told no problem but when we returned in the afternoon the terrace was locked so we couldn’t retrieve our clothes until 8:00am today when the person with the keys return t ... 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