Dining Room on the Ship

Good Morning, Vietnam!

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March 2nd 2011
You know a date is successful when your "dong" is exhausted and gets smaller and smaller. But yes, that is the case and this mad, frenetic and exotically appealing country is well worth the expenditure and we are progressing from a "dating" stage to a serious romance. We spent a day and evening four hours out of the city, at an area known as "Halong Bay". The water of this bay is a jade green ... 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