Halong Bay

After the horror trip from Hue to Hanoi, we had time in the morning to relax, get a nice coffee in Hanoi and sit by the central lake before the minibus picked us up for our trip to Halong Bay.

Halong Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is in the running to become one of the new seven world wonders. The bay is surrounded by 3000 limestone islands popping out from the sea and is full of caves just waiting to be discovered.

We had a whole boat to ourselves and got served a wonderful seafood lunch. We explored some of the caves and then went for a cruise around the islands and past a floating village hidden in between them.

The weather was perfect and we had a great time with our guide chilling on the boat and discovering the caves.

In the evening we returned to land, checked in to our hostel and just relaxed with a view of the bay from our window.