Felt a bit dodgy this morning. The Israeli guys were rude to us at breakfast, they are like old men!! (But only in their 20s) They taught us backgammon last night which was cool but they would have been quite happy playing it all night and not talking to anyone. They said we were all partying until late and they didn'ty get any sleep... ooops... After breakfast we checked into a hotel and had half an hour before getting on to a minibus (us and the french and...

Got on the bus for Halong Bay at 8am. Could have sworn that the woman sat next to Dan was Joni Mitchell..... Minibus for 3 1/2 hours which meant that Dan could hardly walk by the end of the journey! We had lunch then got on a boat to sail into Halong Bay, which is about 160km from Hanoi, on the east coast. Ha Long literally means descending dragon(s) and according to local myth, the story goes as follows: 'Long ago when their forefathers were fighti...