5th October 2009 - 7th October 2009: Sean spent a lot of time researching (well that was his excuse for being on the internet for hours) which tour we should take to Halong Bay as we had heard so many horror stories of people on some boats trying to sleep despite the noise of rats running underneath. He eventually settled on Columbus Cruises - to the disappointed of Chien, the guy in our hostel, who was constantly promoting his own tour - which although a little...

Hanoi: 3rd October - 5th October We managed to get ourselves to a hostel however did not stay in the same one as Max, Linda & Nina as they only had mixed dorms available and we weren't in the mood for sharing a room with loads of people. However the hostel we did eventually manage to book was really lovely and, compared to the Hong Kong, the room was fit for royalty - we had a king sized bed and even a bath tube!! We took a walk around Hanoi and along the ...