Halong

From West to East

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September 25th 2016
Setting off for the airport in good time as always everything was running very smoothly, bus and trains all on time and arrived at the airport nice and early. Fortunately, we were actually able to check in for the flight (not like last year to Malaysia when we were so keen that they made us wait around an hour and then still had not actually organised us seats for the second leg of the flight... B ... 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