our little cabin

Halong bay (31.07.12 - 2.08.12)

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August 7th 2012
After lots of research and horror stories, we booked a bit of a mid to upper range cruise in Halong bay, the problem with this becoming evident as we got on our nice spacious minibus to Halong Bay. The bus was full of families, older couples and no other English people. Now don't get us wrong, we don't want to spend all our time with other English people, but the language barrier was probl ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northeast » Quang Ninh » Halong Bay

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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