So before I even came out to thailand I was researching south east asia and came across the beautiful halong bay. Wikipedia and pictures do a good enough job describing what it is but none truly capture how it feels to be there in the middle of the calm green bay floating on a kayak or trekking though it's caves and lagoons. I was captivated. It is one of my favorite spots on my travels thus far. I could have taken the two night 3 day party boat travel agency cruise with all of the other tourists but instead I decided to do it on my own, wich I strongly advise. It's cheaper, more adventurous, you actually get to experince the bay. I traveled all the way to Cat Ba island, the only inhabited island in the bay and spent two nights at a wonderful hostel called "le pont". I met a lot of great people there, and "Mr. Jim", the manager was a huge help. Along with traversing all of the carsts via boat and kayak and seeing all of the caves I had the chance to rent a motor bike and ride around beautiful Cat Ba for a while. Me and a friend went to Hosptial Cave, a secret hideout built durring the war and I was able to make the hike up cat ba national park for an amazing view of the jungle on top of a mountain. I wish I had pictures for you guys but unfortunately my so called water proof camera decided to not be water proof. Anyways tomorow I go back to thailand for the last leg of my journey. See you all soon!
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