Seventeen wonderful hours later, the train finally pulled into Hanoi. We disembarked and were greeted by a much different climate than when we boarded. Just days ago we had suffered from sunburn and now we were bundled up in all the cold clothes we had.
We made a beeline for pho, dropped our stuff off at a hotel, and then continued on to a tourist agency. The only destination high on my friend's list of places to see was Ha Long Bay and so we made a reservation to leave on a shuttle the next morning.
After making the purchase, we wandered the city for the night without any real goals.
The next morning we woke early and headed to the shuttle. Several hours later we arrived at the entrance to the bay. Since most of it was a lazy cruise I'll place a few pictures below of the last two days of our trip.
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| Our boat for two days one night. |
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| The view looked like this for miles. |
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| We got kayaks and went paddling into different caves. |
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| Fresh fruit and vegetable vendor. |
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| Catching some sun. |
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| There were several floating villages throughout the area. This is a floating school. |
