Date: 29th June 2011 Place: Halong Bay Weather: sunny Today was just the long journey back to Hanoi. In the morning we got back on the little boat which took us to the big boat which took us close to the shore where we got on another little boat to go back to the bus station. We sat there for about an hour listening to the Vietnamese karaoke until 6 of us were taken on an emptier bus with another group back to Hanoi. When we got back it was unlimited pi...

Date: 28th June 2011 Place: Halong Bay Weather: Sunny Woke up today feeling all refreshed after a lot of sleep. We had breakfast and then had to get on a small boat that took us to the Castaway Island we were stopping on for the next night. It was a bumpy journey so it didn't help the people who were feeling a bit rough from the night before. On our way we passed a few floating villages where people lived who had never been on land. The beach we were st...

Date: 28th June 2011 Place: Halong Bay Weather: Sunny Woke up today feeling all refreshed after a lot of sleep. We had breakfast and then had to get on a small boat that took us to the Castaway Island we were stopping on for the next night. It was a bumpy journey so it didn't help the people who were feeling a bit rough from the night before. On our way we passed a few floating villages where people lived who had never been on land. The beach we were st...

Date: 27th June 2011 Place: Halong Bay Weather: Sunny It was a very early start after a very late finish today. I hadn't slept very well either because I was paranoid my alarm wasn't going to wake me up. It took me a while to get Carm up as well, she wasn't having it at all! We had to pack really fast and went down to grab a quick breakfast but it turned out we had to wait for ages to get on the bus anyway. It was a four hour bus journey to Halong Bay f...

Date: 26th June 2011 Place: Hanoi Weather: raining I had set my alarm ready to get breakfast but Carm decided to stay in bed longer. She was feeling pretty hungover! I went down and met a girl called Lilly and Kristie and Carm came down a little while later. After breakfast we went to chill in the room for a few hours and tried to get a bit of sleep in. Instead we were just talking to an Australian couple in there and a Dutch guy called Eric. When we pi...