Hà Noi, Haiphong, Ha Long Bay, Huè, Hoi An, Ho Chi Minh City. We didn't plan it that way, but those are the places we visited in Vietnam. We skipped the packaged tour and opted to make our own way from Hà Noi, through Haiphong (where we lucked out and got excellent pork and morning glories from a woman who spoke no English), to Ha Long Bay. We stayed on Cat Ba Island in the cheapest room yet ($5), though you wouldn't know it from the view:
From Cat Ba town we rented a scooter (Aaron drove, no more repeats of my performance with the standard transmission) and tooled around the deserted beaches that line the Island's coast.
We spent our second day in the bay itself, on a "junk"- a traditional fishing boat. From there we visited a number of floating villages in the bay, as well as some island caves, and a rambunctous monkey colony. The outcroppings in the bay are striking enough on their own, but we saw them through some dense fog, which made the view all the more dramatic.
At night we dined on fish from the bay. I'm getting much better at taking the meat off the bones and ignoring the fact that my dinner has a head.
xoxo Jessie
Hà Noi, Haiphong, Ha Long Bay, Huè, Hoi An, Ho Chi Minh City. We didn't plan it that way, but those are the places we visited in Vietnam. We skipped the packaged tour and opted to make our own way from Hà Noi, through Haiphong (where we lucked out and got excellent pork and morning glories from a woman who spoke no English), to Ha Long Bay. We stayed on Cat Ba Island in the cheapest room yet ($5), though you wouldn't know it from the view:
From Cat Ba town we rented a scooter (Aaron drove, no more repeats of my performance with the standard transmission) and tooled around the deserted beaches that line the Island's coast.
We spent our second day in the bay itself, on a "junk"- a traditional fishing boat. From there we visited a number of floating villages in the bay, as well as some island caves, and a rambunctous monkey colony. The outcroppings in the bay are striking enough on their own, but we saw them through some dense fog, which made the view all the more dramatic. 
At night we dined on fish from the bay. I'm getting much better at taking the meat off the bones and ignoring the fact that my dinner has a head. 
xoxo Jessie
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