Breakfast at 8am on the boat and then a quick demonstration by the chef on how to prep decorative vegetables whilst the boat ambled its way back to port. Found out that a Typhoon is heading to Halong Bay and that no boats permitted to go out for next two days, that was close we were so fortunate with the weather. Jumped on the coach and 4 hours back to Hanoi with a stop off at a fantastic ceramics factory where we saw the pottery process from start to finish. Sma...

Day one has been very busy.. Left the hotel at 8am and straight to join a massive queue to see Ho Chi Minhs body! And the nearby museum celebrating his life over the years. Then onto a welcomed lunch followed by the beautiful Temple of Literature. The Vietnamese give a lot of weight to education so this was interesting. Final stop was the Ethnology Museum which although very interesting was too hot and we had all lost enthusiastic for museums by that point. Back ...