After a long day of travel we arrived in Hanoi at 8:15 p.m.  Our tour representative met us as scheduled and we arrived at our hotel at approximately 9:30.  We dropped our bags and headed out for some Pho (Vietnamese Beef Noodle Soup) before returning to the hotel for some sleep.  We depart tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. (yikes) for a ride to Halong Bay.