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Halong Bay – a UN World Heritage Site – is an area in the Golf of Tonkin filled with hundreds of awe inspiring mountains ascending out of the sea. Located 3 hours from Hanoi, it is a great idea for a day trip, not to mention a nice opportunity to catch a glimpse of the pretty Vietnamese countryside and small town life along the way. Visit Halong Bay and you’re unlikely to regret it.
The foray on the senses that one experiences from being in Vietnam does not dwindle in intensity the longer one stays. Nor can the magnitude of the visible difference with home (wherever that is) be justifiably articulated. It is nothing less than another world – one that has the ability to engross and captivate from the moment one arrives to the sad advent of their departure.
As I sat grasping my luggage in the now deserted hostel lobby, everything lay quiet and stagnant. It was still pitch black outside and the streets were finally silent again after another crazy night of partying. This was my time to leave Singapore – but I wasn’t the only one. Suddenly, from around the corner, two fellow travellers appeared – one from England, the other from South Africa.
