Got up at 7:00 today and went for breakfast at our hotel... Dry bread with butter and jam! :( The bus picked us all up at 8:30 and we drove back to the dock! Then took the boat back to Halong city! Took lots of photos of the lush scenery in the few hours we had and we were told we'd not paid for our bus back to Hanoi! We thought it was included but apparently not! Only cost £4.50 though! When we arrived in Halong City, we had 45 minutes to have lunch, the tour...

This morning our bus picked us up 8:00am, armed with all our luggage we could've just taken a weekend bag, we're only gone for one night! We didn't realise though :( The minivan drove straight onto the freeway once everyone had been picked up, I thought it was odd as the coach station is in the opposite direction! Then I realised it was a stupid minivan all the way there! For the 4 hours that it takes to get to Halong city! For the first two hours I was able to ...