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Cat Ba Slideshow
Cat Ba
Travel Blogs from Cat Ba, Vietnam
Getting to Ha Long Bay Independently
... when you get here than to try to guess which tour company has the best tour at a reasonable price (notice i didn't say cheap--in vietnam cheap (est) means crappy (-est)). We used Hoan Long Bus Company, which was a nice bus, easy to ...
Jour 5 : Baie de Hạ Long --> Cat Ba
... parc national de Cat Ba (Vuon Quoc Gia Cat Ba). Il occupe la moitié de l’île et 90 km² de ses eaux côtières. Déjeuner à Cat Ba et balade digestive le long du port de pêche, avant de prendre la navette rapide pour Haiphong. ...
American girl couldn't hang in the heat
I made some poor choices today. Yesterday afternoon I passed out after a beach day excursion on the boat. When I woke up 2 hours later with a burning fever in a daze. The discomfort from having a fever in 90 some degree weather with 80% humidity is not ...
Scooting around Cat Ba
... we found it and booked it for the following day - I was buzzing with excitement for this! We also hired a scooter from this place. Cat Ba is a very quite island with hardly any traffic and only a few main roads... we had decided this may be the best place ...
Hanoi Bay and the basic of all crusies........
... to hear day 2 consisted of trekking! Luckily after getting pestered by some water woman we got a private bus on to the island cat ba. We spent the morning on a magnificent white beach and swimming in the clear blue china seas and just chilled in the ...
I finished sherlock holmes.
As we cancelled our bus down south so we can have some much needed rest. We decided to have a lazy day planning the next week. We managed to do everything we needed too. I also finished sherlock holmes and the ice palace murders which was a good book and ...
mind kaugele saarele vii
... , neidudel ja ka monel noormehel pead salguliseks varvitud ja krussitatud, telekas naidati vene ja ameerika filmi Bookisime laeva Cat Ba saarele, mis asub Halongi lahe vahetus laheduses, sama ilus loodus, kuid hulga vahem turiste... veel. Kunagi ...
Kalte Gruesse von Cat Ba
... ueberragend, das Wetter leider weniger, aber die aus dem Wasser ragenden Kalksteinfelsen waren trotzdem sehr schoen anzuschauen. Danach gings auf Cat Ba Island, wo ich gerade bin und noch zwei Tage laenger als in der Tour vorgesehen blieb. Gestern stand ...
UNESCO World Heritage site - Incredible nature!!!
angekommen auf der Insel ging es gleich zum Essen und dann ins Bett. am nächsten Tag ging es um 5 Uhr in der Früh runter zum Strand um den Sonnenaufgang zu geniessen. dann wurde ein Motorrad gemietet und entland der Küste ging es zum National Park ...
Am i a travelling traveller???
... bar on the bay, Noble House for a drink or two. We woke today and arranged to met Ellie for breakfast before heading the Cat Ba 2 beach to work on our tans and for some well earned relaxation. The weather was perfect combination of sunny with a ...
Boats, Beaches and Seafood!
... with the roaches, but they were pretty small and mostly in the bathroom, so it was fine. The next day the boat took us to Cat Ba Island where we hiked/climbed up to one of the mountains in the national park there, and saw a huge spider, about the size ...
Cat Ba by Boat
... but liveable rooms for around $9 a night, have a basic restaurant attached to it, and sell tickets to the same tours of Cat Ba island and Halong Bay. Amazingly, though, they all claim to have some recommendation from Lonely Planet and/or Rough Guides, ...
The only thing missing were the dinosaurs
... -fried shrimp spring rolls and fried potato/tomato/chicken. So good in fact, we went back for more the next morning before we left Cat Ba. Amazing banana pancakes. He even set us up with takeaway so we had shrimp fried rice for lunch on the bus and ...
Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba Island
... Cat Ba Island. Ha Long Bay is along the NE coast of Viet Nam and is famous for its 3000 limestone sea mounds. Cat Ba is a large island, still fairly laid-back and undeveloped; there are a few small resorts and some small, unappealing (but very ...
Christmas on an Island!!
... after our second breakfast at the Green Mango (because it was so nice and filling) we went to find Mr Tong’s tour shop (Cat Ba Ventures) and booked a boat excursion around Halong Bay for the next day and got him to book our train tickets to the Sapa ...
Little stop 3 days on cat ba island !
Only satyed here a short time, fishing , snorkerling , monkey island !!! hired a boat ... great great three days ...
Ako sme sa stretli so Slovenkou z kanady
Super stretnutie vecer pre hotelom s Juliou a Everettom ...
Jungle trek
... sur le pont. Puis on mouille tout près d'une petite plage très sympa que je rejoins à la nage avec mon pote anglais. Retour à Cat Ba City. On dîne avec Kwai et Stefan. Emilie goûte des huîtres de la baie d'Along. Pas terrible visiblement... Puis ...
Halong Bay & Cat Ba Island
... the least...esp the bottle with a baby goat curled up inside!! still having nightmares. Next day went for an organised trek in the Cat Ba National Park - an amazing view from the top of the mountain - which had the most rusted lookout that only Isaac was ...
Cat Ba Island
... in Vietnam for stunning scenery. After spending the morning travelling from Hanoi to Halong City, we boarded our boat which took us to Cat Ba island via some huge caves in one of the many limestone karsts in the bay. The island, where we would spend ...
Ha Long Happenings
... national park. We Toured around all the islands, the caves, went kayaking and swam in the bay. Day 3 I hired a motorbike to explore Cat Ba Island itself and visited the national park where you're able to get fantastic panoramic views of the island. I also ...
Cat Ba
Me voici maintenant a bord d'un bateau en bois qui m'emene vers Cat Ba; l'occasion de traverser la baie en cette apres midi brumeuse mais ensoleillée. Tout a l'heure, mon hote a déconcerté mon estomac en me proposant de partager son repas avec ses ...
Cat Ba Island & Halong Bay
We spent about 2 days around this area and the weather the entire time was cold, rainy and foggy. First we had to take a bus to Halong City. We got in a little late to catch the boat to the island so we stayed the night in Halong. ...
Halong Bay
We made the trip up to Halong Bay, which in the end showed off its greatness, however the weather, littering and tackiness of the surrounding towns took a little away from what is truly a wonderful place! We went kayaking and trekking, which really ...
Deep Water Soloing in Lan Ha Bay
Babu and I went for some deep water soloing in Lan Ha Bay today. For those not familiar with rock climbing, deep water soloing (or psicobloc) is, according to Wikipedia, "a form of solo rock climbing that relies solely upon the presence of water at the ...
Evaluating volunteering alternatives
With the cancellation of the volunteering program in Thailand, it's time to evaluate alternatives. The most obvious alternative, offered by GVI, is to swap the volunteering program in Thailand with the one in Laos. The core volunteering program in Laos ...
Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba Island
... new respect for English people - no way you would have plopped me in those waters. We stay the night on Cat Ba Island and proceed to see one of the strangest things. We set up a table at a bar across the street ...
Stormy Skies...
So we made our own way to Cat Ba Island, which was quite a scenic bus/boat journey. We stayed in a really funny hotel on our first night, they kept turning the electricity on and off and we're sure we were the only guests there! We moved to the Noble ...
A little bit of heaven
... , this time without a booked tour but by ourselves. We took a bus to a different port from which a speedboat took us to Cat Ba island - no stress and no effort, contradicitng everything they had told us in the hostel just to convince us to take ...
Halong Bay
... . We kregen wijn en er stonden lekkere hapjes op tafel. Er werd gedanst en gezongen. Heel gezellig! We hebben onze kerstdagen op Cat Ba Island doorgebracht. Vanuit daar hebben we 1 dag met een boot door Halong Bay gevaren. 's Ochtends was het bewolkt maar ...