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Halong Bay - It's pretty pretty

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May 9th 2010
Our tour guide for Halong Bay picked us up at about 8am. We got on a little minibus where there was already a couple on from Canada and 3 Spanish guys. We were then joined by 5 big German blokes. Looked like it was going to be a bit of a lads holiday atmosphere! We stopped twice on the way to Halong, once at a restaurant/handicraft centre then at a pearl shop, for our own interest you understand n ... 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