HALONG BAY

Good morning Vietnam!!

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June 21st 2009
So this is Kellie & Dee's first blog entry so hopefully we dont end up deleting the whole thing while Cillian sleeps soundly upstairs!! We're leaving Vietnam in the morning for Bangkok so we thought we would put up some Vietnam photos and tell you a bit about our adventures here. So we landed in Halong City, not a very nice place to begin but it got better. We went for a cruise along the bay for 3 ... 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