Getting Comfy

The names Bond, James Bond.

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January 31st 2010
It is time for us to leave the dirty streets of Hanoi and head to the coast for the waters of Halong Bay. Why the title? All will be revealed - just so you don't skip ahead to find out, I didn't meet any of the actors who played James Bond. Those of you who know your James Bond movies may have already figured it out. For the rest of you poor, uneducated pleps (which included me - because I had ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northeast » Quang Ninh » Halong Bay

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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