We were picked up early on the 23rd after a hearty breakfast of laughing cow cheese on a fresh baguette and shepherded onto a minibus made for midgets! I had to squeeze in to say the least. When we stopped for the tour to earn comission as we bought stuff from a handicraft fair it is fair to say that I had cramp, but there was no option but to continue (especially as we were in the middle of nowhere). Once we arrived in Halong City (if you can call it that, it's...

Well Hanoi is a city that I will definately remember as it it seems busier than any city (Chinese included), but more relaxed than any other city. After an eight hour bus ride and our second easiest customs (they were more bothered if we had a cough than a bomb) we arrived in Hanoi to be acosted by at least twenty taxi drivers (before we could even get our bags), but Hanoi has taught us to be ready for that. Once we arrived at the guesthouse we had booked we wer...