Today is my eldest sister’s birthday. We spent the day in Ninh Binh Province which is about 2.5 hours from Hanoi. The first activity was climbing 480 steep and uneven steps up Hang Mua in the hot sun. The view was amazing, but going down those 480 steps was not fun at all. My second and third sister quit halfway, and my mother opted out completely. My little niece and the Birthday Girl were the fastest.