Nursing hangovers from celebrating Tet a little too hard the night before, we joined up with a group and headed to Halong Bay. I had heard from a number of people that Halong was the highlight of their trip, but sadly the weather did not cooperate for us. Arriving in Halong, where we were to meet our boat, it was about 15-20 degrees Celsius, cloudy and misting. Not exactly the ideal sunbathing weather we had anticipated (I for one, had not even packed a pair of p...

In Singapore we get two days off for Chinese New Year, so I decided to seize the opportunity to head up to a country that I've always wanted to see ... Vietnam. Unfortunately, due to the short timeframe, we had to prioritize what we wanted to see, so we chose Halong Bay - which I had heard from many people was the highlight of their SE Asia trips. We landed in Hanoi, and had about 24 hours before we needed to meet our group to travel to Halong Bay. Not realizing...