Day 4: Checked out Went to Ha Long bay via bus - took over 3 hrs. Weather wad ok - bit overcast Went onto boat - checked into our cabins - quite roomy and comfortable - more than I expected. The boat then cruised amongst the limestone islands and we arrived at the cave about an hour afterwards. We walked up the stairs and into the caverns which were quite impressive. We had an excellent dinner on board followed by karaoke - I did "Message In A Bottle" by Th...

Day 3 Started day with included breakfast at the Van Mieu Hotel - last minute rush as usual before we left for the days tour. We walked to the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum complex - had to queue up for about 30 mins to past the security scanning checkpoint. We then walked double file across the front to the entrance where guards in white uniform stood. Once entered and we had to pass single file in through the tomb - eventually after a couple of flights of stairs we...

Day 2: Had an OK sleep in the Mövenpick, though my body clock is still out and woke up about 5:30. Thank god I put some TV shows on the iPhone - The Inbetweeners and Luke Nguyen's Vietnam and watched those a bit. Got up eventually, had a shower, packed and checked out - left my bags there though. Got some pastries from the place next door to where I had dinner last night - they were not 100% fresh - but ok I guess still.. Went to the Hai Lo prison (Hanoi Hil...