Halong Bay and Cat Ba Island
Hello!!
I have spent the last three days and two nights in Halong Bay which is close to three hours drive from Hanoi.
I befriended a older couple from Brisban Paul and Tony and a youger couple from Chilie Hector and Mariella. I was picked up from the hotel at 7.30am and driven to Halong Bay Town, where we all were borded ships which were like olden day pirate ships which we would spend the night on.
On board the ships we had lunch which was rice, spring rolls, tofu and vegies plus meat dishes. After a two hour cruise on board we approached Halong Bay which is a formation of about 3000 huge old rocks and very beautiful - after that we explored the Cung & Du Go caves which were also fantastic, but very hard to capture on camera (OK no pics yet prob non till I get to London...sorry) it has more to do with the atmosphere and I was enjoyiong just looking too much to bother taking photos on my phone.
We were then shown our rooms which were quite comfy and spacious considering and they were very clean though no showers, but I think the best part was simply to wake up the next morning and see the view!
After breakfast on board we were all taken to our hotels for the second night, which were also not too bad and we had very little time to relax before we climbed a mountain in CAt Ba which I think was called Cham. It was muddy and quite a challenging climb but actually really enojoyed it. I met a few girls from England who were teaching English in Vietnam who were really great to have a conversation with, which made me more excited about London!!
The scenery was pretty fantastic and it was very satisfying once I got to the top!
After shower and lunch we were taken back out to Halong Bay with a different group (it was great because we were never with the same people for long, the tours are orgnaised pretty crazylike because you dont really know whats going on but you just have to trust that your guides do...) via Monkey Island which yes, has monkeys and they own the place, we weren't allowed to feed or go too cose because they have been known to attack people.
After which we went Kyacking around Halong Bay and I paired up with a guy from AUS Jamei and made friends with his friends who were from Germany and pretty cool!
We were shown the fish farms which host HUGE fish which bite you and jump out of the water and can get up to 2 meters (I thought they were sharks but the message didn't quite get across, language barrier is very tricky). After dinner Hector, Mariella and I met Jamei and his mates at the Green Mango where I had a Pina Colada, it was about four bucks!
I found out that my room mate (in the hotel) was a girl from Thailand called Cherry and after one night sharing a room she gave me a small present so we have exchamged email adresses and will catch up in future. I have swapped email addy with quite a few people so far!
That morning we made the trip back to Halong Bay and on the boat I met Lin from Singapore and her friend J. That very same night we caught up and they introduced me to street food which was better than anything else I had eaten in Vietnam so far! We explored some of the city together before I had to take the night train to Sapa. I really loved Halong Bay and it was a great change from the noisy city!! I bought some black pearls and met some really great people who I hope I can catch up with!
xoxo Emily
I have spent the last three days and two nights in Halong Bay which is close to three hours drive from Hanoi.
I befriended a older couple from Brisban Paul and Tony and a youger couple from Chilie Hector and Mariella. I was picked up from the hotel at 7.30am and driven to Halong Bay Town, where we all were borded ships which were like olden day pirate ships which we would spend the night on.
On board the ships we had lunch which was rice, spring rolls, tofu and vegies plus meat dishes. After a two hour cruise on board we approached Halong Bay which is a formation of about 3000 huge old rocks and very beautiful - after that we explored the Cung & Du Go caves which were also fantastic, but very hard to capture on camera (OK no pics yet prob non till I get to London...sorry) it has more to do with the atmosphere and I was enjoyiong just looking too much to bother taking photos on my phone.
We were then shown our rooms which were quite comfy and spacious considering and they were very clean though no showers, but I think the best part was simply to wake up the next morning and see the view!
After breakfast on board we were all taken to our hotels for the second night, which were also not too bad and we had very little time to relax before we climbed a mountain in CAt Ba which I think was called Cham. It was muddy and quite a challenging climb but actually really enojoyed it. I met a few girls from England who were teaching English in Vietnam who were really great to have a conversation with, which made me more excited about London!!
The scenery was pretty fantastic and it was very satisfying once I got to the top!
After shower and lunch we were taken back out to Halong Bay with a different group (it was great because we were never with the same people for long, the tours are orgnaised pretty crazylike because you dont really know whats going on but you just have to trust that your guides do...) via Monkey Island which yes, has monkeys and they own the place, we weren't allowed to feed or go too cose because they have been known to attack people.
After which we went Kyacking around Halong Bay and I paired up with a guy from AUS Jamei and made friends with his friends who were from Germany and pretty cool!
We were shown the fish farms which host HUGE fish which bite you and jump out of the water and can get up to 2 meters (I thought they were sharks but the message didn't quite get across, language barrier is very tricky). After dinner Hector, Mariella and I met Jamei and his mates at the Green Mango where I had a Pina Colada, it was about four bucks!
I found out that my room mate (in the hotel) was a girl from Thailand called Cherry and after one night sharing a room she gave me a small present so we have exchamged email adresses and will catch up in future. I have swapped email addy with quite a few people so far!
That morning we made the trip back to Halong Bay and on the boat I met Lin from Singapore and her friend J. That very same night we caught up and they introduced me to street food which was better than anything else I had eaten in Vietnam so far! We explored some of the city together before I had to take the night train to Sapa. I really loved Halong Bay and it was a great change from the noisy city!! I bought some black pearls and met some really great people who I hope I can catch up with!
xoxo Emily
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