We flew to Hanoi from HCMC on the 27th. We left early on the 28th for. 4.5 hour drive to Halong bay. We spent that afternoon at the Asian equivalent of "Wally World"! It was actually kind of a cool little amusement park, but I think there were maybe 10 other people in the entire park. Kind of cool, kind of creepy. But a fun dolphin show followed by a very strange monkey and croc show (don't worry, they weren't in the ring at the same time!). The next morning we cruised Halong bay. It was pretty foggy making the views not what they could be, but still pretty spectacular. The best part was hopping into some little rowboats to go into parts of the bay you can't get into on the bigger junkets. I loved it, fog and all!
After lunch back on the bus to Hanoi. Quick repack, a little dinner and grab the night train to Sapa. The train took over 8 hours to go only 200 miles. It was not my favorite part of the trip, but Trey loved it.
Sapa is as beautiful as I imagined....I think. Most of the amazing-ness of the area was covered in fog. But We hiked to the top of dragon mountain for beautiful views of the town, walked up by a huge waterfall, and checked out the local market. Sapa is a really cool town with a great vibe. And, lucky for me every other store sold Northface (I think the real stuff but not entirely sure) since it was WAY cold/damp than I thought it would be. Day 2 we visited Cat Cat Village. Trey was bummed that he only saw one cat, but I think the pigs, views, crafts and hike made up for it.
The night train brought us back to Hanoi Got reacquainted with the city and had dinner at the pizza shop of a man we knew from being here last time.
Two more days in Vietnam. As I sit listening to the horns honk I am so happy. To have the opportunity to come back, and do it with such wonderful people. I am so lucky.
Happy new year!
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