Monday, 21 June 2010

Into Viet nam - Hanoi & Halong Bay

We finally arrived in Hanoi after our mamouth 2 night journey from Hong Kong via Guangzhou & Nanning, a little tired but looking forward to the next chapter of our adventure!

Even though Hanoi is hectic is seemed to flow in a good way, after a few Bia Hoi's (draught beer) at the aptly named Bia Hoi junction, costing a whopping 12p each, we found a great place to eat. After sitting down we were brought a feast!


After a few days in Hanoi we joined a tour to the amazing Halong Bay. It was truely magical!



We spent the first night on Junk, I (jon) tried catching some squid but only ended up getting ink on Stephs trousers! The second day we kayaked for a couple of hours in Lan Ha Bay. It felt like we had the place to ourselves as it was a little off the main tourist route. Lucky Us!!


Had a fantastic experience. Our guide Canh was really helpful, the food was great and the scenery was even better!!


2 comments:

  1. Wow - that looks amazing. We're off to Halong Bay tomorrow and from your photos it looks like we're in for a treat.

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  2. It looks lovely, there is something about being on the water that is so relaxing. Reminded me of when we went up one of the smaller gorges in China is a small boat - but we didn't have to do the rowing - that was so magical too. Glad the adventure is continuing to be so great. Keep the posts coming, love J xx

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