We're back and the good news is i'm sunburnt. What can I say about Halong Bay - it really was as good as I had been told. Even though on Saturday the weather was still English like (I mean English like when i'm home, not the tropical weather its getting now!), the junk boat we had more than made up for it. The boat, we were told, was brand new and looked it. We had a very nice fish meal whilst the boat sailed towards the islands.
The first day was spent looking in caves, climbing to the top of one of the islands and sitting on deck in a gazeebo type of thing. Beers were 30,000 dong a go, thats just less than $2 (no pound key on keyboard) and yet that is still ridiculously expensive given the normal price in Hanoi. So I opted for 6 bottles of the local brew for half the price, bought from a tiny little boat shop that sails from Junk to Junk selling cheap goods. Like a floating Spar.
The night was great, never again will I be able to say I watched West Ham v Bolton play live on TV, in Halong Bay on a Junk Boat, not that I necesarrily would want to!
Sunday gave us the chance, thanks to the scorching weather, to kayak around the islands. Undoubtedly the most amazing scenery i've seen since leaving Hartlepool 8 months ago. If you can imagine that beach on the film The Beach, we went under a tunnel in the side of one of the islands and found ourselves in a mini-bay, complete with bay, completely still water and not another person in sight. Had we actually been allowed to take cameras with us, I would have taken photos to show you.
Well the sun is shining, my legs look like beetroot and i'm off for our last full day in Hanoi. We fly to Bangkok at 12:00pm tomorrow.
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