Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Cat Ba Island and Halong Bay

We met up with our friends Chase and Tawni again in Hanoi. We decided that we wanted to head out to the coast and do a night on Cat Ba Island and an overnight boat trip on a "Junk Boat" on Halong Bay. We had a great time!

Junk Boat is a pretty relevant name for these boats, as they are a little shabby, but they get the job done. We paid a little more to have a private boat, so it was just the 4 of us and our 3 crew. They cooked all the meals for us right on the boat, which mostly consisted of ridiculously fresh seafood. Definitely the best squid anyone had ever had!

Kayaking, swimming, lounging, reading and eating and drinking... that is pretty much what the trip consisted of.





Top deck was great for lounging... and was also where we SLEPT! Under a tarp, in the rain. Yeah, Junk Boat is right!

Pictured: Luke "sunning" in the afternoon,
Cat snoozing the morning after a rum-soaked Passoi evening
(yes! that is where all 4 of us slept - cozy!).



We stopped for a beach break, which was kind of hard to find. Not much sand to be found in these parts, the islands are mostly rock.



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