Ha Long, Vietnam
Halong bay was in our mind one of the primary destinations of our trip, such that we diverted our whole itinerary and went to Laos first in order to be able to come back and visit the bay, as the imminent arrival of typhoon Nock-Ten cancelled all trips into the bay for a couple of days. The visit to the bay is quite difficult to do on one's own, so we booked before we left to Laos thru a tour, on a mid-range price boat. This entailed getting picked up at our ho...