We left Cat Ba Island on the 12.20 ferry, paying over double what we should. The worst thing was I knew we were getting ripped off! The ferry arrived in Haiphong city over 3 hours later, grabbed something to eat beforte catching a minibus for the 2 and a half hour drive back to Hanoi. We arrived in Hanoi but unsure where, our taxi driver claimed we were 30 km away and asked for $100, we settled at $15 believing we had a bargain, but arrived at our hotel 10 minute...

We left Hanoi with an organised tour bus and had arrived in Halong Bay by 11.30. We were greeted by an array of pirate style boats and after departing settled down to a lunch of squid. The boats to Cat Ba island stopped at various caves, one where you entered by boat which was good. Just before arriving in Cat Ba the driver of the boat fell asleep, causing us to crash into a cliff face of one of the many beautiful islands, the hit was harder than expected and Tak...

We spent 5 hours in Singapore Airport very early morning. It was very clean and very state of the art a complete contrast to Delhi. Flying from Singapore to Hanoi took 3 and a half hours, we finally arrived at 2.30 local time. Jon and I went in search of a the Real Kangaroo cafe but got hopelessly lost, not knowing where our hotel was or even its name. We finally traced our steps, found the hotel and were soon on our way for food, we found the Real Kangaroo Cafe ...