As we travelled further North, peoples attitudes towards us changed quite a lot. There is still quite a large North/South divide even so long after the war, and perhaps due to the fact the North were actually fighting the Americans whilst the South were with them, and maybe cos of the way the French treated them in the past, they appeared to be more hostile, and certainly saw us as walking $ signs !! Even so, North Vietnam is just as interesting and beautiful, if not more, than the South. Halong Bay and Sapa were incredible places to visit, we boarded a Junk for 2 days and a night which sailed around Halong, stopping at some amazing caves and islands. We kayaked around the little islands as well, even going through a small cave which opened
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