Crazy town

after 15 hours of bus ride from Yangshuo, China, i arrived in Hanoi.  it is just as crowded as China but now everyone is on mopeds and the streets are only half as wide. 

Ha Long Bay was not quite impressive as I imagined, even though the locals are voting it to be the 8th natural wonder of the world.  even though the limestone pinnacles in the bay are nice to look at, there really wasn't any award winning Kodak moments :).  there was no "junk" sail boats in sight even though most boats for tourists are built to look like one but only for motoring around the Bay.