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We have added another country to our Trip, Vietnam. We have spent our first week in Hanoi and a few days trip to Halong Bay, so this will cover both.

We got a taxi into Hanoi from the airport with two lasses from our flight Zoe from Switzerland and Ellen a Welsh lass. We found ourselves a cracking little hotell, its brand new so we got it cheap as a promotion, it has a tv. Having a TV was a plus as Rik was still feeling a bit dodgy. We went out for some horrible food and a few drinks that night, but we just wanted to go to sleep in a good bed, the one the night before was bad like.

The Next day we had a day just laying around watching tv, as Rik was still a bit funny. So i played runner all day going out and getting Pizza and Drinks for the poor boy. To be honest it wasnt too bad just relaxing as the last few days travelling where a bit of a pain. He was still a bit funny the next day, but we managed to venture out for a wander and some food, we book a trip to Halong bay for the next day, so at least we were getting out of the room.

We got the bus at around Eight and headed to Halong bay. When we got there we got chatting to Gaz (Blackburn) and Windy (Bradford City), a couple of lads from Bradford. After we had some food, if you can call it that, we headed out around about two thousand different islands. The first stop was a cave on one of the islands, which was quite cool to look around. After the cave we headed around the islands to go Kayaking, we passed a floating town on the way, it was mad all the floating houses with satalite dishes and stuff. Me and Gaz headed out Kayaking which was ok for half an hour, we went into a few caves and stuff, was canny. When we next stopped it was where we were sleeping that night, so we were allowed to go swimming until it got dark. We didnt do too much swimming, just jumped off the boat and swam towards the steps as soon as you hit the water, while some one on top of the boat shouted shark. We met Louey (i think its spelt right) and Maria from London, and a guy from Sheffield who said he was John's (Union rooms) Cousin, which was well random but pritty cool. After dinner we got a load of beers and just sat under the stars on top of the boat playing stupid games.

The next day, after a night shareing a room with the love birds Gaz and Windy, we headed on to Cat Bar island. When we got to our first stop on the island a few people went on a two our trek, while me Gaz and our Guide, Rustu went for a bike ride. On the way we spotted a football pitch, we randomly found a shop to sell us a ball so we had a game. As we were playing a few of the locals decided to come join us, so we had an England v Vietnam Penalty shootout. We won, and Gaz managed to smash a penny floater straight into a young lads face, Bully. After we all met back up, we haded for Monkey Island, which had a beach. The boat stopped about 100meters from shore and we were told we had to swim to the island. We managed it like, but a was both Knackered and Terrified the whole way there and back. After a few hours swimming and bathing we haded to Cat Bar town, where we would spend the night. We got there found a Hotel and went out for some decent food for the first time in about three days, a burger. We had a few beers and a few games of pool and darts then headed for Cat Bars happening night spot, the Discoteque. There was one bloke dancing on his own when we got there, but we had a good night playing more stupid games and getting pritty drunk, when they turned the music off Windy put his music on from his phone so we just danced about to that. We left, Singing the National Anthem (i know) and headed down the docks for a wander, Windy managed to jump off a stage and do his ankle in, it served hiom right though.

The next day we just spent travelling back to Hanoi, we went out that night but we were pritty tired so didnt really get up to that much. The next day we decided to go to Hanoi Water Park, it was hoyin it down. We got a taxi, who ripped us off, to the water park. As we pulled in the taxi driver drove through a puddle, soaking a fisherman walking down the road. When we got out the fisherman came up and smacked him in the arm with a rock, served him right for ripping us off. The water park was a good day, we felt like proper celebrities, every time we got off a slide the Vietnamese were clapping and laughing at us, and ocassionally you would haere some on shout SHEARER. We went out that night to Beer corner, Literally a corner with plastic seats and traffic drving inches from you, but it was 8p a beer so was worth it. We had a good night in a pub called 'Hair of the dog', and got pritty drunk.

We were heading off the next day, so we didnt do alot, just sat in Gaz and Windys room for a bit, and had dinner in 'Le Pub' before our sleeper bus at 7 that night. We have had a cracking week in Hanoi and Halong bay, but we are now off to Hue.

Sooo Night Night Campers, See you in Hue xx

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