Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and even the extreme cold weather became bearable in the end (I don't think I could move back to the UK now).
I'm not normally a fan of capital cities, but Hanoi had a strange romantic attraction with it's very narrow streets and incredible traffic. I was fascinated throughout. Halong Bay, even covered in mist should be on everybody's bucket list. Life on the little junk was incredible with 'I don't know how many' courses of food at each mealtime. Quite funny actually, with my significantly reduced stomach capacity, I was taking like just one bite from each course.
I loved it.
I took a couple of photos - over 500

. I will share some of them at some stage, when I'm out of 'holiday mode'.