The Cave

Day 40 - To Halong Bay we go

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September 4th 2011
Up bright and early for breakfast and check out 8am pick up to go to Halong Bay. So once we are picked up we have a 2hours bus ride to Halong City where we pick up our boat for the 3 day 2 night trip around Halong Bay. When we get on the bus we are introduced to our tour guide Tony. Tony is a little bit crazy! He always refers to himself as Tony (you have a question, you ask Tony!) and rep ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hai Phong

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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