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Halong Bay & a bit more Hanoi

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May 8th 2015
12 hours of awesome sleep later we were up early to go on our trip to Ha Long bay. We decided to book an extra night in the same hotel after Halong Bay as we have a flight down to Hue on Saturday morning. The woman on reception said we could have a reduced rate for returning guests and they stored our big bags for free so we only needed our day bags for the 1 night in Halong. The minibus journey w ... 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