Eric and I decide to leave Cat Ba Island two days earlier than we had originally planned because we’ve seen what we’ve came to see and to be honest, we just aren’t really diggin’ the place.
We try to get ourselves to Ninh Binh, which is located about 2 hours southwest of Hanoi, but all the buses are full because of Tet. So instead we head back to Hanoi – sometimes it’s easier to just go with the flow than to keep trying to swim upstream.
We catch the last boat and bus from Halong Bay and arrive in Hanoi mid-afternoon. Despite hoping to hang out on a beach for a couple of days, we are quite happy to be returning since we really enjoyed our experience there the first time.
Plus it will be a lot of fun to celebrate Lunar New Year’s in Vietnam’s capital city.
After we find a place to stay, we bundle up for the cold and enter the madness on the streets.
And boy, is it madness – everyone is trying to get themselves to Hoan Kiem Lake for the celebration and the traffic is mayhem!
We have a nice dinner of “Bun Bo” and then wander around absolutely loving the vibe of the festivities. But after a couple of hours being surrounded by music, lights and people, we are absolutely knackered and can barely stand. We arrive safe at “home” around 11:30pm and are bundled up in our beds when the firework show begins.
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