It's day 3 of our package Halong Bay trip. It actually was quite fantastic with a good group of people (only 5 couples). The first day and night were spent on a beautiful boat. Yesterday we arrived on Cat Ba Island. Maeve and I are staying for an extra day and are going to head back to Hanoi tomorrow.

Last night a bunch of us from the trip went to the disco in town. There were about 15 Viet. guys who all looked 15 years old and one girl. The music was dance music from 1994 (eg. Short Dick Man and I Like to Move It). I don't know if it ever picked up or not. We left after about an hour.

Before we left Hanoi I did the *FUNNEST* thing ever. I went to a tailor and had clothes made. All the travellors to Vietnam do this in Hoi Ann but I'm not going to make it to the South. It was like $20 for a pair of pants (supposedly Hoi Ann is only half that price). I'm having a pair of red linen pants made, two pairs of silkier pants, one linen shirt, one black silk shirt and one purple silk shirt made. The whole experience was fab. You try on the clothes, choose a fabric and colour, get measured and pay with c.c. It seems like if would be more cost effective for people (...Matt) to fly to Vietnam and have a wardrobe made for them. If the linen pants work out I'll also get them in white.