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robitusson · 15th July 2008, 15:32

Final visa run for me before leaving the kingdom (for a while at least). So she-who-must-be-obeyed and I went for a little break to Hanoi. Neither of us had ever been there before.

Hanoi is a cool little city.

There's a shrine on an island in the lake in the centre. There was an Indiana Jones moment where the light shone in on it (possibly illuminating where a mystical artifact was hidden, I didn't check).

Lots of the Vietnamese are Catholics (God help them) and they have a cool cathedral in the city.

Fairly haunting looking by night I thought.

So we headed off to Halong bay the next day. It really is stunning.

There's a huge cave complex which has been lit up and had steps put in for the tourists. Amazing stalactites and mites.

That was day 1 of Halong bay.

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robitusson robitusson is the irish walter chronkite of ajarnforum Dis-member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bkk Posts: 12,786 vCash: 5300 Rep Power: 1770	Hanoi and Halong Bay, July '08 Final visa run for me before leaving the kingdom (for a while at least). So she-who-must-be-obeyed and I went for a little break to Hanoi. Neither of us had ever been there before. Hanoi is a cool little city. There's a shrine on an island in the lake in the centre. There was an Indiana Jones moment where the light shone in on it (possibly illuminating where a mystical artifact was hidden, I didn't check). Lots of the Vietnamese are Catholics (God help them) and they have a cool cathedral in the city. Fairly haunting looking by night I thought. So we headed off to Halong bay the next day. It really is stunning. There's a huge cave complex which has been lit up and had steps put in for the tourists. Amazing stalactites and mites. That was day 1 of Halong bay. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by robitusson; 15th July 2008 at 16:00. Reason: Automerged Doublepost