Vietnam Travel: Why I Spent My Birthday Here

🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ha Long Bay · 12 min · Sep 9, 2026

My birthday on a boat in Ha Long Bay. The road out of Hanoi, the buffet on board, the emerald lagoon from the drone, rowing past the monkeys, the Surprise Cave and, of course, the cake.

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Plus the prices and the hotel. Free.

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