The weather was terribly bad. There was a downpour in Hanoi a day before my departure to Sapa. All the tourists I met were upset as their tours to Ha Long Bay had been cancelled due the havoc caused by Typhoon Conson. I was nowhere near the coastal area of northeastern Vietnam, but the locals warned me [...]

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