Visit to Ha Long Bay

Not having spent enough hours on a bus(!), our next excursion took as to Ha Long Bay, a natural wonder of Vietnam and the world, declared accordingly world heritage site. The leyen says that the 3000 vertical islands that emerge from the sea in the bay are the result of a dragon descending into the sea and hitting the area with its tale creating the islands (Ha Long means "where the dragon descends into the sea"). We were unable to see the dragon, but in our boat we enjoyed the views, visit the floating villages of the bay and even kayaked around the islands. The second day there was think fog all around but fortunately our capitan managed to take us to port without crashing into one of the many islands of the bay. Abd from Ha Long bay, some more hours of bus back to Hanoi…