Halong Sunset Halong Islands from Boat

Ha Long Bay Boat Tour

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November 19th 2015
We met the bus at the tour operators office in the old quarter of Hanoi that turned out to be 1 km from the hotel we were staying. I felt badly for the Taxi driver he got a good tip. The small but left with 7 tourists and the tour guide and driver promptly at 8 am and we sat back to relax for the 200 km journey that took 4 hrs through Hanoi traffic and out into the countryside towards the ocean an ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Northeast

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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