On our 3.5 hour bus trip back to Hanoi after our Halong bay adventure. It has been spectacular in every way except for the haze. We were hoping that we would have beautiful blue skies but that doesn't seem to happen in Vietnam with all the smog. We are very happy with our driver as he doesn't take the risks every other fool does on the road. Still we prefer not to watch. It is 150 k's back but you don't go anywhere fast by road here. We left the port at Halong...

We are on our junk boat in the bay of Halong. We have our own little cabin on board which is our little retreat with water views. We are putting around between the huge stone islands and have just finished an amazing lunch of seafood. We wern't expecting restaurant quality but have been blown away. Can't wait for dins. Everyone else on board is from Denmark and Holland. We had been hoping for some folk as young as us but they are 2 groups of families. They are al...