My Ngoc Hotel Cat Ba

... Nach dem Fruehstueck gehts endlich mit dem gemieteten Mope nach Lihn Mihn zum Klettern. Das ist ein total verstecktes wunderschoenes Tal eingebettet von feinsten Kalkstein mit Tufa.<br>Auf einen kleinen Pfad gehts ein paar Meter zufuss vorbei an Wasser Bueffeln zur Wand wo wir <br>auch schon Polen Slovenen Finnen und Australia treffen und der Tag vergeht wie im Flug.<br><br>Am abend treffen wir uns mit den anderen Kletteren aus der Schweiz Slovenien und Finland ...

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Sunday 25th October to Saturday 31st October - Cat Ba Island &amp; Hanoi<br> To finish off our time in Vietnam we had 5 nights on Cat Ba Island before heading back to Hanoi for a couple of nights to prepare for our journey to Thailand. To get to Cat Ba on the Sunday we first caught a local bus up the coast to Haiphong (3rd largest city in Vietnam) and then a ferry over to the island. Cat Ba lies 45km's off the coast in Halong Bay - a much visited tourist area due to the limestone ...

... concernes comprendront, les autres voudront visiter le site www.geocaching.com ou www.geocaching-france.com ) avant de retourner a la plage...<br><br>----------------------- --------------------------------------- --------------------------<br><br>Secon d day of our cruise in Halong Bay, we stopped for 1 hour ( The joy of organised tours) on the stunning beach of monkey ...

... during the Vietnam War. We went inside and found a huge series of concrete rooms. There was even a large hall where they played movies on a projector screen and a small swimming pool! <br>We crossed over the Island by bus and boarded a small boat to Monkey island. According to the Lonely Planet guide book you should not visit Monkey Island as the monkey's are aggressive. However, Monkey Island resort was on the other side of the small Island and at only a ...

... hour.<br><br>We went around and looked at a couple of the rocks that were out of reach of a normal boat, and then headed back into the bay so that we could watch the sunset. It was the first time on my trip I'd seen a decent sunset (all others had bad weather) but it was worth it. After that we took the kayaks back and then were transferred back to the Junk for dinner. Once again the food was magnificent (Why has it taken me so long to discover how nice Prawns and Crabs taste ...

I arrived in the mountain town of Sapa in Northern Vietnam near to the Chinese border in mid September. The cool clean air made a refreshing change to the tropical muginess elsewhere in Vietnam, and given the relaxed atmosphere of the place, I could easily have outstayed my welcome here. <br>Having not climbed 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 ...

Sabrina : "stayed there one day and night as didn't want to go on a tour to Halong Bay and wanted to try and organise it on our own. We met a really nice and helpfull couple from London, Gen and Tom who we met up with in Cat Ba. The side of Halong City we stayed was a bit quiet to my taste but had a few nice drinks in a bar next to the harbour"

... activities in store!<br>next morning we got the boat to cat ba again but this time we explored a different part of the island. we visited the hospital cave, a cave that was used during the war as a hospital. of course it was all in secret and there were a few steps to climb to get into it!<br>then we started our 14km cycle! jeez this was tough! 3 major hills is what the guide described! i walked up the first one after changing my gears so many times and not being able to get up i ...

... taking pictures of the amazing limestone formations, 3000 islands rising up from the emerald green waters of the South China Sea (a line I took straight from the guidebook).<br> It was really relaxing and our boat was very smooth and quiet. We visited an amazing cave in the afternoon, it was really impressive with all sorts of weird and wonderful stalactite and stalagmite formations. We also went kayaking in the afternoon which was lovely to be out and up ...