Halong Bay - peeling a Dragon Fruit in the mist

June 30th 2013
After a few days in Bangkok, we were heading to Vietnam to meet up with Jo, Rob and Christine. So many people had recommended the former French colony that we were just hoping it lived up to expectations. We were pretty sure it couldn't fail, as we were really excited about seeing our former housemates (and about the delivery of Percy Pigs they were bringing)! We flew straight into the capi ... 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

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Hazel & Mark

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We are taking a year to travel around Southeast Asia. We fly out to Australia on the 17th Dec and will spend Christmas and New Year staying with family in Sydney. We are then going to fly to Auckland and spend a couple of months in New Zealand before returning to a round tour of Australia for another couple of months. By May time we should be back in Sydney and will then plan the rest of the tour of countries including Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam... (Apologies in advance from Mark for the inevitable spelling mistakes).... full info

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