Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 June 2 day, 1 night trip to Halong bay, a Unesco heritage site about 3 hours east of Hanoi. Pretty boring minibus trip to Halong City but our guide keeps us entertained. His English is pretty good and he has a sense of humour. Even manages to let us believe he's just 19 even though he's 34! Board our junk, which is pretty nice and are given ice cold minted towels - very refreshing. Sit down to a seafood lunch. Scenery is stunning, photos do it better justice than words. Stop off at some huge caves, quite a hike up 25 meters of steps in blazing sunshine and high humidity. I thought Mum was going to collapse. Later on we swim from the boat and Klas, Max, Charlotte and Alex go
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