Halong Bay, Vietnam
Got on the bus for Halong Bay at 8am. Could have sworn that the woman sat next to Dan was Joni Mitchell..... Minibus for 3 1/2 hours which meant that Dan could hardly walk by the end of the journey!
We had lunch then got on a boat to sail into Halong Bay, which is about 160km from Hanoi, on the east coast.
Ha Long literally means descending dragon(s) and according to local myth, the story goes as follows:
'Long ago when their forefathers were fighti...