Tuesday : sunny Big sleep in today, I actually stayed up late last night watching a couple movies. We ate breakfast and didn't leave the hotel until 11:00am. We did another city walk today, but a big one, seven hours we were gone for. We headed back to the lake to grab another iced coffee and plan our route. Hanoi's old quarter is a jungle of people, scooters, narrow lane-ways, filled with shops and market stalls. Pounding the streets we passed hidden temples...

Monday : sunny We still had left over rolls from yesterday's kayaking session. So that was breaky on the balcony at 6am. We checked out off our hotel a walked to the bus stop, and hopped on for another wacky trip small bus, boat, small bus, big bus. This time though we paid for a ticket. So we could kind of relax, still can not get use to the horns. We hopped off around 11:30am, at the bus station where we hopped on the bus last thursday. Jumped in a cab and ...

Sunday : sunny Did not what to wake up this morning. Way too early. We had breakfast back at the bamboo place that's three meals in a row there. Afterwards they took Kim and I to our kayak. The plan for the day was to find an empty beach. The beaches close to Cat Ba town were over crowded. Well there was one beach that was empty, but it was kept private for a resort. No public access. It was fun paddling around the islands out on the ocean. We stopped at th...

Saturday : sunny Well we didn't end up going to the same place as yesterday for breakfast. Kind of wish we did, this place didn't have a lot to offer. Although it was still nice to have an iced coffee. Next we hired a scooter from our hotel and went for a ride to the Cat Ba National Park. Along the way we went down this dirt, rocky, road. That took us through this awesome jungle looking valley, where Hospital Cave was. Hospital Cave was keep secret during the...

Friday : morning rain - sunny Kim and I crashed out well last night. I woke up around 5:30am to loud thunder and rain. Immediately I thought oh no rain, not today. When we eventually woke up, the storm had moved on, and we went up the road for some breakfast. A little expensive $11, but we had a lot and it was really good. Probably our best tasting (paid for) breaky so far. We got picked up from our hotel, about 8:30 by a van. Got taken to the boat or Junk (th...