Halong Bay is still a 6-hr mini-bus ride from Hanoi due to very bad roads..........if you want to take one of the junk cruises suggest you overnight before/after at the Novotel (as the 2 SPG props never got further then their announcement!)......
Originally Posted by
goingbananas
Thanks for the update. I will be in SGN the first week of October and may make it up to Hanoi for a couple of days to see Halong Bay. Maybe I will check it out.