We left the northern mountain town of Sapa and took 2 sleeping buses 8 hours to an oceanside area called Ha Long Bay. We will be spending the next few days here (on Cat Ba island)

Took a 5 hour bus ride from sea level up into the highest mountain range in Vietnam, to a town called SaPa elevation 5000 feet.

We were going to spend 2-3 days here... we didn't make it 20 hours.

For all of you cat lovers out there...we found a coffee shop for you

No cats were harmed in the making of this post... safe to view.