Hellish Halong Bay
August 14th 2009 After arriving back from Sapa at 5am, we headed to Hoan Kiem lake to observe the morning rituals of the Hanoians. This involved walking around the lake (in one direction only please!), extremely bizarre stretches and exercises, and various groups performing exercises as instructed by a loud speaker attached to a tree.
We eventually found somewhere open for breakfast, then headed back to the tou
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