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Halong Bay

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December 11th 2014
Halong Bay I am now down a day in Vietnam because of my delay in Bangkok, so I skip my typical "arrival to a new city" routine of drinking a local coffee and walking all over the place, for a tour of Halong bay. I usually skip tours because I don't like to travel like that, but there aren't really many other options for Halong Bay. You can take a local bus down, but then you'd have to hire ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Red River Delta » Hanoi

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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