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From the Ocean to the Mountains

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June 2nd 2006
Our next destination was to be Halong Bay. We took the easy route and booked to do a tour. It was still cheap and everything was paid for. It was a 3 and a half hour bus ride from Hanoi to Halong Bay on the coast. It was raining and miserable but the scenery made up for this. We arrived at the port to board our Junk Boat, as they call them. Not junk though, actually very nice wooden style boats th ... 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