Back on dry land on our way back to Hanoi for our last bowl of chicken noodle soup before a flight tommorow. Halong bay was beautiful and does live upto the photos however I would never stay on a boat or on the island again. I would just do a one day tour of cruising around all of halong bay and maybe a kayaking into the caves and then back to mainland for the night. Jord is still furious about it and while waiting for the bus he was ever looking for the guy who ...

Finally on dry land this morning we went to do a trek at the national park on cat ba island- all which we had paid for in our ticket however on arrival out your guide said we needed to pay again- shock! Out of 50 people on our bus he said we we're the only ones who had to pay, what a suprise. So we waited by the entrance and didn't go in just on the principal of that we had already paid and was not going to give in to his scamming ways. Everyone said it was prett...

We spent a night in halong city last night so we had time to look around and find the best tour to book. The city was pretty crap but we found a tour and it starts this morning. The tour is 4 days and 3 nights- 1 night on a boat and 2 nights on an island called Cat Ba. During the day we visited caves and cruised around the bay which was really nice and the sites we're so pretty. The boat we we're on was nice and we had meals made for us including freshly caught ...