<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 15 July: Hanoi Today was an admin day, we had to find another accommodation, research the different Halong bay tours and also do some of the touristy things on offer. We headed out firstly to find another guest house, further down the road there were various hotels that we visited and compared, before finding one which we liked. They were willing to give us a room for $8, fan, TV, ba...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 14 July: Ninh Binh Our time had caught up with us a little due to oversleeping a bit, we ate our breakfast of omelet's and a loooong baguette, before collecting the motorbike and being on our way. This was not an automatic I had grown so accustomed to and I needed to get used to the gears again, not that it took longer than the 100m to the stop street. One thing I'm sure of is when I'm...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 13 July: Ninh Binh Having arrived to late the night before we slept late, really late, we woke just after 10h30, showered and headed out to a breakfast of omelets and a baquette. After which we walked to Queens guest house to arrange a room for the night. After looking at the room, with its balcony and spaciousness we accepted and went back to gather our bags. We had to wait an hour be...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 12 July: Ninh Binh We ate breakfast and headed to the beach just after 07h00 to miss the burn of the sun. Lucky for us it wasn't a particularly hot day and the sun spared us from its devastating scorn, due to our overly sensitive Doxcyclin skin. We swam for about an hour before returning to the beach, sitting back to back on the only towel we had, both reading our books. No westerners...

<!-- @page { margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> 11 July: Dong Hoi We were up early again, its becoming a pattern! We headed down for breakfast meeting John at a street stall table, 20 meters from our hotel. He had been up since 05h00 and had taken an early morning swim with the rest of the Vietnamese locals who also gathered there. Breakfast would be a bowl of noodle soup with beef. We finished our meal and headed back to the guest ...