Exploring Monkey Island

Halong Bay, 8th World Wonder?

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October 24th 2010
HALONG BAY Let me begin by saying two things about Halong Bay: 1. It is beautiful. 2. Our trip there was completely disappointing. (Note: Mike says it was "overrated". I still say disappointing) We booked our Halong Bay boat trip in Hanoi at the Tourist Information Centre. We decided that since we had been under budget (gasp, is that even possible!) so far in Vietnam that we would spl ... 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