Climbing on Monkey Island

Magical Halong Bay!

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December 6th 2006
What a magical three days! Halong Bay is all that it was made out to be - amazing scenery, awesome seafood and a damn good time! We left Hanoi on Sunday morning and travelled on the bus to Halong City - a group of 16 of us on a bus with very little suspension - not the most comfortable ride! After 3 hours we arrived at Halong City where we had a big seafood lunch before boarding the boat - a thre ... 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