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March 24, 2007
Halong Bay (Joe)
After a night in Hanoi we decided to book a bus to take us to Halong city. It took about three hours on a mini bus. Once we arrived in Halong city we quickly found a place to stay on the water front.
Halong city is not so interesting. We were there less then 24 hours and we had done everything there was to do, We did book a boat out of Halong Bay to drop us off at Cat Ba island.
After a good nights sleep we headed down to the docks where we saw about two hundred traditional boats all tied up. After a bit of trouble trying to find out what was going on we got on the right boat and set of into Halong Bay.
The weather wasn't too good but still loads better then the UK. The boat was a tour boat which was good as we where heading to some cave in the bay, Along the way we saw some amazing rock towers and a few big birds of prey - not sure what kind but they were big. After an hour or so we arrived at the cave. From the outside it looked really interesting but once inside we saw that stalagmites had been smashed down to make way for a concrete foot path and tourist shops. It was such a let down to see an amazing cave destroyed for tourism.
We headed back to the boat and cruised through the bay for a few hours before we arrived at Cat Ba island docks. As docks go it wasnt too bad with a good view over Halong Bay. We spent the next three day on Cat Ba Island.
Posted by admins at March 24, 2007 4:01 AM