We have been so busy travelling and finding hotel rooms we haven't had time to update our blog. Vietnam is hot, dirty, moderately over-priced and dirty (needs to mentioned twice!!). We shot out of Hanoi on the 11th travelling by local bus to Halong City. The bus ride was ok at first, but took a turn for the worst when the expected journey of 3.5 hours became 5 (the last 1.5hrs without the meagre comfort of the bus' struggling A/C system) When we finally arrived we where dismayed to be dropped off on the side of the road at one end of a large bridge. As always in Vietnam there where locals ready to give us rides on mopeds, but we had to decline because our insurance explicitly stated that we would not be covered in
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