Halong bay sunset

Halong Bay cruise

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August 5th 2016
We started out with a 4 hour bus trip from Hanoi to Halong, a trip that would take about 1.5 hours in NZ. Halong is an interesting city with a huge ferris wheel on top of the hill overlooking the city and a cable car running across the bay. By the amount of building work going on its safe to say there are big plans for Halong. When we arrived at the dock we were put aboard a small tender and to ... 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