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March 23, 2007
Costa del Cat Ba (Katy)
Just arrived back in Hanoi after 4 days on Cat Ba island. The island and surrounding area has to be one of the most amazing places I have ever seen, but the town completely spoils it. It's full of flashing lights and high rise hotels.
We planned to go sea kayaking for a day when we were there but unfortunately the guy gave us a boat with a hole in it so after 10 mins paddling we were half full of water. This would have been okay, if there had been anywhere to stop and empty out, but all of the islands come straight out of the sea into massive limestone cliffs. Eventually we found a rocky ledge to balance on and managed to get rid of most of the water. After an hour or so of this we decided to cut our losses and go back. The guy we had hired it from still insisted there was nothing wrong with it and quickly hired it out again to another customer.
After 4 days of episodes like this it was quite a relief to get back to Hanoi.
Posted by admins at March 23, 2007 10:20 AM