Halong Bay

Halong Bay, Gulf of Tonkin Vietnam

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June 4th 2009
Halong Bay is in the Gulf of Tonkin a few hours east of Hanoi. Its an unreal series of green limestone formations that jut out of the water. I was surprised how large an area it covers. You can cruise around the area for hours on a boat. I took a tour out of Hanoi with about 10 other people that included one night on the boat. We got to the junk boat, as they are called, around noon and had a ... 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