View from the hillside - Halong Bay

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June 14th 2009
We boarded a bus to cross over into Vietnam; the border crossing was fairly simple, as we had already organised our Vietnamese visas when we were in Thailand. Arrived into Ho Chi Minh City to absolute mayhem. You can never see the actual roads due to the sheer quantity of tightly packed motorbikes! It would seem there were a world motorbike convention passing through every street at any given time ... read more

Asia » Vietnam

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

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