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Sunrise from the boat  
   

Sunrise from the boat

Haring it up to Halong Bay

June 5th 2006
Ask Steve how to get from the Ninh Binh Railway Station to the Xuan Hoa Guesthouse, and he wouldn't be able to tell you. It wasn't because he was really boozed getting off the train, nor was it because my sense of direction is better than his (no deleting that Stevie!), but because he was practically delirious from a fever that suddenly came on whilst we were on the train. Our train journey f ... read more
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Vietnamese Flag 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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