We were looking forward to the cruise on Ha Long Bay for a while. It is comprised of 1,969 islets, most of which are limestone karst. We’d hoped for a luxury cruise, and the bus we boarded early in the morning suggested that we’d lucked out. The journey took about 3 hours, with one stop […]
Cruise
Rolling on the (Mekong) River
Sunrise To an inveterate sunset junkie, it is forgivable to have forgotten that there are also things we call sunrises. When one’s hotel room looks out across the Mekong River to Laos, facing East, one is quickly reminded of sunrises. We got up early for breakfast so that we could make it to the immigration […]