Ha Long Bay

Ha Long Bay, Beautiful but why the lead paddle?!?!

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December 6th 2006
Headed to Ha Long bay from Hanoi for a 3 day/2 night tour of the Ha Long bay and Cat Ba Island. As always it all started well, the bus journey was fine, once we got there it started to go wrong. Firstly we were moved groups, which was a bit of a pain as we went from a group of people our age to a group full of couples which we thought would be a bit rubbish, the last thing a couple would want woul ... 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