Halong Bay

Adam and I decided to do some trips in and around Hanoi, basically to escape the motorbikes and honking....

We headed to Halong Bay for 2 days, 1 night. We stayed one night on a "junk" boat. The first day we set out with our group from Hanoi. There was 13 of us. We boarded the boat, that was really nice, and sailed around the karsts, which are the landmasses jutting out of the water. That day we also got to go kayaking through a few caves. It was great. The next day we woke up early to climb up to the top of a lookout (thankfully this was not like a climb in Nepal........it only took 10 minutes). The views were amazing. Halong Bay was actually more beautiful than I thought it was going to be. After the lookout we went to another cave, that was rather touristy (I know, we are tourists......) and not that great compared to other caves we have been in. We spent the rest of the morning cruising around and reading on the deck of the boat. It was very relaxing and great!