Halong Bay
Trip Start
Sep 09, 2005
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Trip End
Dec 23, 2005
Halong,
Vietnam
Monday, December 5, 2005
It was a really nice cruise around the bay. We had an abundant amount of food served to us while we watched the huge limestone, moss covered mountains as we passed by. We had the boat to ourselves for the entire afternoon, so we spent some time eating, drinking, sleeping, playing card games and of course, enjoying the view of the bay around us. We stopped in a few bays and even hopped off and explored a cathedral style cave system
Bay with Caves
. It was a really nice day. Relaxing. The weather could have been a little better - but we were just happy it wasn't raining.At the end of it all, we found a whole in the wall restaurant for dinner - mostly due to the fact that we were to lazy to look for anything else! But, I give mom credit. I think she may win the world record for most consecutive meals consisting solely of fried rice! She was occasionally risky with her food choices, but had not developed the iron stomach that I had with all my travels! Most people over the last month had taken their turns getting sick.. So far so good for me! It'll be my luck I'll get sick in Hawaii or some place normal. :)
For most it was an early evening, sleep deprivation was setting in. The boys (oskar, gustov, terry) and I headed out for awhile - but it was a quiet town. Our hotel was away from other touristy areas. As Terry commented, we were like goldfish stuck in a bowl - everyone was peering at us in a peculiar way. So it was a short night.
