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Halong Bay

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February 2nd 2007
Bianca: We got back from our tour of Halong Bay last night. Halong Bay was really beautiful and our 35USD tour turned out to be not too bad...especially since it seemed as if they just kind of mixed everyone in together anyway. On day one we got picked up from our hotel at 8:20am-ish in a mini bus full of about 12 other people. We left Hanoi and drove to some awful tourist pit-stop about 2ho ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northeast » Quang Ninh » Halong Bay

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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