So after the meal a few of us hit a bar round the corner in the old quarter of Hanoi, and smoked a hookah and played a few games of Jenga with different shaped pieces. Pretty rock and roll!
The next day was the first full day of our tour, and we were due to visit Halong Bay north-east of Hanoi - a beautiful bay full of Dolomite-shaped limestone outcrops and caves. However Typhoon Hagupit was coming directly over the bay on exactly the day we were due to go there (and the area was evacuated) so we had to change our itinerary.
Instead we went to Tam Coc, known as "Halong Bay-on-land" basically the same idea but based on a river south-east of Hanoi, and a bit smaller. The weather was now completely changed from the sunshine of the previous day, with it being cloudy but still warm, and just after midday it started drizzling lightly. We took a bus there and then after lunch boarded small row-boats and headed up the river and through the caves. The overcast climate made everything a bit grey, but we took some nice pics and I also filmed us going through one of the caves.
As we piled back on the bus after the boat trip the rain started chucking it down with a vengance so we were saved from the worst of it. I slept most of the way back and then we hit up another restaurant, which was pretty much exactly like the last one but in a different location. We hit a bar again but jet lag was still with us so we went to bed at a fairly reasonable hour.
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