Here I am back in Hanoi. I visited Halong Bay Yesterday. Due to some glitch in the tour booking, (I thought that I had booked a two-day tour) I only had a one day visit. I really enjoyed the place, and could have spent there even more than the five hours I did. I took a fair amount of pictures, some of which I hope to be able to upload here some time later.

I originally planned to start cycling today, but I felt a bit fluish this morning, so I decided to stay here for today and utilize local services for laudry and bike service.

I bought a local SIM-card today, so now I have the access to mobile Internet here. My mobile number is +84 12 6611 5733 for the next few weeks.

If the flu is not getting worse, I will start riding tomorrow morning towards Hue, which is about 550 km south from Hanoi. I expect that distance to take about seven days if nothing unexpected happens.