Halong Bay

Halong Bay (May 26 - 28, 2006)

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August 8th 2006
It is hard to pass through Hanoi’s old quarter without seeing a hotelier or travel agent hawking some kind of package deal for tours in the region. The two most popular destinations are Sapa, a northern mountain town not far from the Chinese border, and Halong Bay, a vast waterway dotted with some 3,000 limestone islands. Our first trip was Halong Bay and we poured a good amount of research in ... 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