Up early, breakfast, check out of our hotel, and on board another junk for our cruise back into Ha Long City.

Leaving Cat Ba Island.

Train of cruise-junks.

Otherworldly islands.

Cruising through the islands.

A fisher’s home among the islands.

Everyone’s heading back to Ha Long City.

Fishers hard at work.

Pocket cruise ship complete with it’s own Mosque.

The junk we started this adventure on.

One of the larger cruise-junks.

Vessels of all shapes and sizes use Ha Long Bay.

Coming into the Ha Long City docks.

We had lunch at a large restaurant complex before making the 2 hour drive back into Hanoi. The restaurant was hosting several wedding celebrations at the time… so, we kinda thought it was a bit inappropriate(?) for them to be using these for decorations…

TITTY-BALLOONS!!!!

After another “uneventful” yet terrifying 2 hour drive, we arrive back in Hanoi. Just in time to check in at our new hotel and get ready for dinner.

Alley fronting the hotel.

Alley fronting the hotel 02.

We walked several blocks away from the hotel and found an inviting local restaurant with a rooftop terrace. We enjoyed a fine meal, had drinks, and (of course) relaxed with a good cigar.

After-dinner cigar at the Quan Bia Minh Restaurant, Hanoi.