Vietnam countryside from the bus window
The only non-seedy hotel I could find in Vinh: $22
The friendliest porter in Vietnam on the Vinh-Hanoi train. Looking amused to the right is Andreas, an independent tradecraftsman advocate from Hamburg
Random Hanoi buildingsHalong Bay means "Dragon eating to the waters," in the words of our guide. There's a story involving a dragon that kept the country safe from would-be invaders by making the hundreds upon hundreds of limestone karst islands that speck the bay, but it's not as interesting as the islands themselves, which jut up magnificently from the water in such profusion that, when sailing among them, you can lose sight of the coast.
The tour consisted of two days and one night on the boat. We sailed out from Halong harbor at a steady pace and ate lunch as we drifted among the islands. We stopped for a visit to a cave where our guide pointed out the different formations: an elephant, a buddha, a waterfall. After the cave we split into pairs and kayaked around the karsts, then returned to the boat for a swim. The rain began late that night and continued through the second day, relegating the group to a leisurely day of reading and chatting aboard the junk. We headed back to the harbor in the afternoon where a tender relayed us to the shore for lunch and a bus back to Hanoi.
The tour consisted of two days and one night on the boat. We sailed out from Halong harbor at a steady pace and ate lunch as we drifted among the islands. We stopped for a visit to a cave where our guide pointed out the different formations: an elephant, a buddha, a waterfall. After the cave we split into pairs and kayaked around the karsts, then returned to the boat for a swim. The rain began late that night and continued through the second day, relegating the group to a leisurely day of reading and chatting aboard the junk. We headed back to the harbor in the afternoon where a tender relayed us to the shore for lunch and a bus back to Hanoi.
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