Headed to Ha Long Bay in the morning for our overnight trip in a junk (what they called the boats). The docks were chaos! There ware so many boats and tourists, it took ages to get out onto the water.The boat had 3 levels, rooms on the bottom, dining in the middle and an open aired deck on the top. All the boats look the same and there are hundreds of them. Ha Long Bay is breathtaking, cruising through the bay one of the highlights of the trip. We stopped at a cave which was pretty but full of so many people. Lunch and dinner on the boat was delicious! They had the tastiest food.
We went out for a kayak in 2 man kayaks and I ended up in one with Gary which was great because it meant we went pretty fast but since he liked to initiate water fights I also ended up soaking wet from the retaliation! We came across a lagoon which was surrounded by cliffs and only accessbile by a low cave which was beautiful and peaceful (did the speed boats came through). At the end of the kayak we had a swim off the boat which was freezing cold but worth it. Sorry don't have any photos of the kayaks but others did so will hopefully get photos off them later.Sleeping in a boat was an interesting experience, it was pretty noisy and the whole bed shook from the motor. But after a couple sea-legs and some air plugs I was out to it.
I also have to share this great sign they had at the temple in the cave. The picture of the guy on the left is classic!Oh and on the way to the bay we stopped off at a kind of truck stop where they not only had snake rice wine but also goats penis rice wine! It was very disturbing but apparently the Vietnamese believe its good for men, or as Giang put it - "men drink, women happy" :)
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