Get Em on the BBQ!

Hanoi and Halong Bay

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January 27th 2011
Hey everyone! After leaving Hoi An behind it was a hop, skip and jump up the Vietnamese coast to the coastal town of Hue. We were really looking forward to this stopover as we had arranged to meet up with Claire's friend Tina and her boyfriend Paul here. We spent the rest of the afternoon exchanging travel tales before all catching our first sleeper bus up to Hanoi. After surviving countles ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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