Saturday 18 June 2016

Halong Bay - Saturday 11 June

Woke early and had nice buffet breakfast. We then got on the tender and motored to a nearby island.



Walked through these amazing and large caves. Beautifully lit and preserved.

Halong Bay is one of the 7 natural wonders of the world...

















The rude finger :-)









Touch the turtle's head for good luck...





Back to the boat and then motored back to the marina while we had brunch.



Back at the marina we boarded the bus back to Hanoi. We all slept most of the way as we were pretty tired.

Checked back into La Suites in Hanoi.

At 18:30 I joined a street food walking tour. I was going to do this on the first night but didn't, and actually found it quite simple to sit in a restaurant and order. However this tour was recommended and cost USD20 including food and beer, and I thought it might be fun to meet some other tourists.

It was good - about 3 hours. We tasted many things, all of them good. No snake, dog, or weasel coffee !





What we ate...



It is now very hot. I walked around Old Quarter and down to the lake to see it at night. Back to the hotel.

Hats...


Another egg coffee...


Beer corner...


Lake at night...



Ly Thai To...moved the capital to Hanoi in 1010...


Government building...

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