Halong Bay

We're ready to leave!

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June 22nd 2009
After our hectic but exciting adventures on two wheels around northern Vietnam we felt the need to chill and relax for a day or two before continuing south down Vietnam. We booked ourselves on to a Halong Bay trip - one of the few 'package tours' of our travels. We were picked up from our hotel (sixteen of us in total) in the pouring rain, dark grey clouds looming and were reserved to the fact tha ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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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