Ha Long Bay

And finally, we saw the majestic Ha Long Bay, the crown jewel of Vietnam. We spent a day cruising through the beautiful bay with countless limestone cliffs all around us. The speedboat ride, in particular, was fun with the driver turning and drifting the boat at high speeds. It was followed by a short, pleasant ride in a bamboo boat through a cave and a hidden lagoon. Later in the afternoon, we also visited the Sung Sot Cave (Divya did this alone; I skipped it because it involved a lot of stairs) and the Ti Top Island (named after a Russian who was the second man to go into space after Gagarin), which was extremely crowded and included a couple dancing to ‘Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai’. We made our way back to Hanoi after our long day in the bay.Read more