Ha Long Bay

Ha Long Bay

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December 21st 2009
HA LONG BAY (17 Nov 2009) We were met at Kangaroo cafe at 8am by our guide for the next three days, Trung and the rest of our group was introduced. There were only 8 of us, a good small number! To reach Ha Long Bay we first had a three hour bus journey followed by a 1.5hr boat journey. We had booked a junk. No not a poor quality boat but one of the old traditional Vietnamese fishing boats carved t ... 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