Vietnam Mt Fansipan and Halong Bay 30 Oct - 5 Nov 2005

Our first meal in Hanoi. Delicious. Yumyum.

At the Hanoi train station.

Inside the soft sleeper class

Along the corridor

Toilet, beware, do not get your feet wet, quite yucky

Arrival at Lao Cai after 8 hours of journey

Beef noodles, yummy

We traveled 3 hours by van to Bacha market village. It was Sunday and the minorities came to town to buy and sell their goods

Bacha bus station

Their hardware stall

Fresh pork and meat

Hot buns

The Flower Dmongs

Yummy spread of lunch

The ruin of an old bad warlord

Ruin

Back at Lao Cai at the custom bridge to HeKou, China

We took a 1-2 hour ride to Sapa. Our US$6 hotel room.

View from our room

Our hotel

Our van to the start point of Mt Fansipan climb

Black Mongs village

Black Mongs children

On our way

Open terrain at the beginning

Wild boar

Lunch break. Banana and bread. Camera battery died, no more pics…

After Fansipan climb, leg still itchy, so we went to the highest peak in Sapa village.

Rock climbing

View of Sapa village

Local rice wine

Black Mongs on their way to town

Our hotel restaurant

We traveled back to Hanoi, then to HaLong Bay, a UNESCO designated site. We board a ferry for our 3 days 2 night journey.

At Surprising Cave.

Surprising Cave

Triple decker boats for eating, sleeping and sunbathing

We traveled to a small fishing house and kayak there.

Sunbathing on level 3.

Small boat selling provisions

The triple decker ship

Kayaking

Eating with the local fisherman

Our hotel at Cat Ba Island