There was no Internet in the bay so we couldn't blog - sorry.
We left Hanoi at half eight on Tuesday morning and by one pm we were on the Viola, cruising into the uniqueness of Halong Bay. We met Colin and Pauline from Melbourne and visited a pearl farm and a cute little islet beach.
Upon our return, we had a sumptuous 8 course dinner. I ended the night unsuccessfully squid fishing.
Day 2 was a bit of a non runner but more on that tomorrow. We met Lucas and his family from Argentina via Singapore, Colin and Julia from Macao and Deighton and his wife from Christchurh. Then on Day 3 Andy and Karen and their daughter Jasmine from Melbourne (half of Melbourne were in Halong Bay) and an English couple, Jeremy and Wincey from Canning Town.
Halong bay was spectacular but it was almost continuously cloudy and we didn't witness a sunrise or me catching a squid.
We got back to Hanoi at 5pm and went to a real find of a restaurant - KOTO at 59 Van Mieu Street opposite the Temple of Literature.
It's a training restaurant for disadvantaged young adults and the food was the best we've had in Vietnam. The 3 course set menu is 250,000 VND - about 9GBP each.
A Bia Hoi - a Hanoi street draught beer speciality at 9,000VND (35p) for about 3/4 of a pint then home to bed.
Off to Luang Prabang, Laos tomorrow. A new country!!!!
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