January 11, 2017

January 11, 2017

We woke this morning on Halong Bay.  After our morning coffee, we had a Tai Chi lesson on the deck.  Tai Chi is like slow motion exercise. Right up my alley in the morning.  Our tour director then showed us some additional Kung Fu exercise moves.

The rest of the day was travel. After breakfast we sailed two hours back to the dock, where we boarded the bus for the four hour ride back to Hanoi. On the way we passed oyster farms and loads of rice paddies.

In Hanoi we caught a flight to DaNang. This is where the US had a big airbase during the war.  We boarded a bus to the nearby town of Hoi An and our hotel for the next two nights.

I got some Vietnamese Dong from an ATM to use to buy beer, food, and souvenirs, but we are finding it very confusing. All the money has Uncle Ho on the face and way too many zeroes. It takes 22,000 Dong to buy a dollar.