DON'T do Halong Bay in the rain

There are beautiful beaches and coves to visit... but we couldn't go. Because it was wet and cold.

You can sit on the top of a boat and sail through the bay... but we sat inside. Because it was wet and cold.

You can go snorkelling and see the sea life around the rocks.... which we did for five minutes and gave up. Because it was wet and cold.

I will grant that all the mist and fog did give a kind of eerie beauty to the whole thing, but that wears thin pretty quickly when you are constantly damp. Trying to admire anything through a faceful of wet is not the best.