Halong Bay

With everything sorted in Hanoi until the weekend it only made sense to use this time to see some of the sights in our new country. Something away from motorbikes and walking was on Dad's agenda so we booked a 2 day tour to Halong Bay. Halong Bay is about 150km north east of Hanoi and is known for it's thousands of limestone karsts jutting out of the sea. The scenery was reminiscent of Guilin only coming out of the sea not land this time.

We booked through the Kangaroo Cafe and had a terrific time in the comfort of larger tour buses and airconditioned cabins on the junk. Zhung Zhung our guide was a treat, he kept things moving yet relaxed and with a limit of 16 on the junk there was plenty of space.

The kids had their first swim in the sea and were terrific little travellers. Once again a hit with the crew of the boat and the locals on the beach.

Now it's back to Hanoi for a few days of mulling around, perhaps we'll go off and see Uncle Ho's Mausoleum and some water puppetry.