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Cat Ba Slideshow
Cat Ba
Travel Blogs from Cat Ba, Vietnam
A Quick Adventure On Cat Ba
... day. We had some breakfast before renting motorbikes and climbing gear, and set off for Butterfly Valley, the most popular mainland crag on Cat Ba Island. The roads through the island were very scenic and its 12 km to the valley. We decided to do an easy ...
Cat Ba and the incident with the rat.
Ok, so not feeling very well today. Boat took us back to land and we boarded the hottest, sweatiest bus ever. Got to our hotel in the afternoon and had a rest while the guys went out. I was just standing by my bed when i saw something run across the ...
Cat Ba Island, Bike Rides and Beaches
... go to a cave and have lunch on the boat. I accepted. So we transferred to another smaller boat with our belongings and went to Cat Ba, motoring through the vast Halong Bay rock formations. We went to Cat Ba island and hired a bike and rode to the village ...
Motorbike Exploration of Cat Ba Island
We wanted to explore more of the island so we rented a motorbike for the day. There are only about three paved roads throughout the island so we spent the afternoon traversing them to their fullest. One goes through the national park. ...
The bay of the dragon
... ) for squid off the back of the boat- passing up on the karaoke, which the crew whipped out nonetheless. We arrived in Cat Ba the following day in heavy rain and decided against mountain-biking in the soaking conditions (we passed several crashes as we ...
Human Slaves In an Insect Nation
... and I'm sure you've all been at home on tenterhooks just waiting for our next blog- and here it is! We're in Cat Ba Town, Cat Ba Island, Vietnam- just east of Hanoi. It's great. Just spent the day lying on a beach and bathing in the sea. I say bathing ...
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The Descending Dragon (aka Ha Long Bay)
... rock walls. On the way back to the boat, we had a short swim with the starfish and hermit crabs, and then, we sailed to Cat Ba island where we were to spend our second night. After lunch in our hotel (see lunch on first day), we donned our hiking ...
Resting on the Bay
Halong Bay is a UNESCO site located about 3 1/2 hours east of Hanoi on the Gulf of Tonkin. You can easily book a tour in Hanoi for a two or three day trip, which is what I decided to do. For 45 USD, I got my transport to Halong, boat tours aboard a ...
bikes, vodka and stew
... - in the water here at night there is illuminescence - when you move in the water little sparks fly off your fingers - really cool. Cat Ba day 3. realisation that we were to cook for 12 people an enlglish meal was a little daunting but not girl to run ...
Crazy Hanoi and peaceful Halong...
... plus dessert, we were stuffed and out of pocket a grand total of $19! We left Hanoi very early yesterday morning bound for Cat Ba Island, gateway to the world famous Halong Bay. We chose to skip the tour package that is the most common way to experience ...
Meow Sheep, sorry Cat Ba....
... not bad for 6 beers and 3 bottles of wine. Popped up on deck to watch the karsts slide by as we head towards our rendezvous with Cat Ba Island. This is the largest of the islands within Ha Long Bay and is to be our place of adventure and stay for the next ...
The Do It Yourself Booze Cruise
... him. He is an avid Ultimate Frisbee player and just played for his country in a Tournament in Australia. He was a pretty interesting cat. He was very outgoing, and as such had met a lot of people in his travels thus far. He had done a ...
Happy Easter
... long journey (bus - bus - boat - bus and 5 Jakie Chan movies) and paying for a bus that didn't exist we made it to Cat Ba Island. Very misty but beautiful scenery in Ha Long Bay. 5 hour journey on the boat that brought us to Thien Cung cave, only ...
Chilling out in Halong bay
... our way across the street. We had a great view from the 5th floor but also had 88 steps each climb. We spent our first day on Cat Co beach taking in the sun and taking the hits from the big waves. I mastered body surfing - I hear it is a showcase sport ...
Oh those scamming Vietnamese !
... winner then so we agreed on 100,000 and I got out. Second scam was how to get from Hai Phong across by boat to Cat Ba, I had done extensive research the night before and I had heard people being charged double by un official operators. Had a nice relaxing ...
The Eighth Wonder of the World
... some alcoves, which was really amazing. The scenery was beautiful and when everyone stopped talking there was pure silence. We arrived on Cat Ba island at 7pm. We had to walk up a pitch black path and onto a pitch black coach, with only one torch ...
Halong Bay
... we were off again to the Bus Station, on the other side of town...final destination Halong Bay and Cat Ba Island. By the way the coffee in Vietnam is surprisingly good. No instant rubbish -freshly brewed with a hassle nut taste...mmmm very tasty. ...
Hiking and Monkeys around Catba Island
... dear Sony. I left my (nicer, DSLR) Nikon in the hotel room. Tomorrow we take the ferry back to the port at Halong City and then take the 3 hour bus ride back to Hanoi. Then, I'll take the overnight bus ride to Hue, further South in ...
He's not that good at pool. He's just lucky
... any ridiculously big hills for at least a couple of months I felt the urge to climb Fansipan, the highest point in Vietnam, promising spectacular views into China, Laos and back down to central Vietnam. Things don't always go according to plan. After a ...
Rock the Cat Ba
Dinner was less than spectacular. The food and Halong Bay accommodations on this trip have been subpar (The Hanoi ones have been fine). (I am writing as I argue with Mom. Originally, I had intended to include some juicy points, but I ...
Stunning arts of nature!
... people we didn't know, but a fantastic way of meeting new people. As we had joined onto a three day tour, on the way to cat Ba Island, our boat stopped at Dau Go caves (caves of wonder). We were ushered through the gargantuan caves, huge and beautiful. It ...
Beaches Walk
The weather upon our arrival in Cat Ba hadn't been great. But while it was overcast and uniformly gray, it at least stopped drizzling so we could still do some exploration. We followed one of the roads that looped around the bay and then led ...
Cat Ba Island
Woke up to jack-hammers going 10 to the dozen in the room down the hall. I guess they think that if they have to get up at a silly hour in the morning so should everyone else. No pronblem though since it was only 30 mins. before we had to get ...
Ha Long Bay
After a few days in Hanoi we decided to escape the craziness and constant flow of motorcycles and head North on a tour of Ha Long Bay. A bit of info for you all...... the bay is filled with 3000 or so Limestone Islands (absolutely beautiful) ...
Many cities and finally a beach (woo yeah)
... managed our fair share of drinks! We said goodbye to Sam this morning and he headed back to Hanoi whilst we got a boat out to Cat Ba Island. We had a nightmare journey here so have just checked into a hotel on the waterfront and are going in hunt of a ...
Cat Ba Island, sous la pluie!
... partis ce matin pour Haiphong. En fait, a cause de *(!&#&*@^$^ de typhon qui fait des siennes dans le centre Vietnam, les bateaux reliant Halong et Cat Ba sont... au quai. Mais a quelques kilometres plus au sud, a Haiphong, on pouvait le faire. Vous y ...
Deep water solo climbing!!
I spent a few days climbing on Cat Ba island, near the famous Ha Long Bay on the northeast coast. Majestic limestone pinnacles fill this coastline, protruding dramatically out of the ocean. It's a mesmerizing archipelago maze, worth a couple days ...
Break de voyage
... guerre avec la Chine, la grotte avait aussi servi a defendre les cotes vietnamiennes. Une armada chinoise se dirigeait vers le Vietnam, et la flotte vietnamienne n'etait clairemetn pas assez forte pour l'empecher de se rendre a bon port. Un general a eu ...
Visite de Cat Ba
... photos avec lui et on il nous a donne une carte pour qu'on puisse lui envoyer les photos. On va essayer de faire ca au Vietnam pour etre certains que ca ne se perdent pas. Pour le diner on est alle dans un restaurant flottant ou en a eu l'occasion de ...