Day 7 & 8 - Halong Bay
Finally its the weekend and we set off for Halong Bay early sat morning, which took us a bus ride of 4 hrs. Weather was scorching hot. There were many tourists at Halong City, waiting to board their boats. Upon arrival, we took a small boat to our ship, reminds me of Pirates of the Carribean, luxurious and comfy looking. We were greeted with lunch when we boared the ship and also checked in to our cabin, which is 2 to a room.
The luxurious Ship
Lunch was sumptuous seafood which includes clams, prawns, fish, crab, sotong... Never eaten such a meal for so long but it got a little sick after some time. Anw We took alot of pics while on the ship, scenery was splendid!Halong Bay Mesmerising Scenery
In the afternoon, we had a Cave tour. The cave is damn huge, and the thing is it feels like air con when u stepped inside. How amazing the natural structure of caves to keep the temperature so cooling compared to outside. It's very spectacular. But we really walked and climbed alot, sweated like mad too.
After the cave tour, we returned to ship awhile to get ready for water activities at the beach area. WHen we arrived at the beach, we climbed hundreds of steps to reach this Pagoda like place, which I believe offers the best view of the whole Halong Bay. It's worth the climb and the gals r all complaining. The pending sunset was awesome.Group Pic at the summit
After that, some people went swimming while 7 of us decided to try the banana boat, 4 guys and 3 gals. Damn fun manz, esp when its flipped and we tried to hang on. But only one round of it, so short. And we had a dispute with the local guy over the price. Haiz long story. But it's fun! Dinner was another round of sumptuous seafood, more fried stuff this time round. AFter dinner, majority of us went to chill out at the top deck, chatted and we actually had a singing thingy going on so most of us did sing a song. Damn Ma Lu, I sang HOME and I think it so sux. I shd sing some chinese song instead. We stayed there till 12am then went back to the comfy cabin for the best nite I had so far here.Banana Peeps
Breakfast was bread and juices. Then we boarded a sampan alike boat for a tour around the bay, with a closer view of the cliffs and water. I even videoed it. Then it was back to cabin to slack before checking out at 1030. Lunch was good, and I felt kinda lethargic, think it's becos its too comfy here, dun feel like going back to dorm.Took another 4 hrs bus ride back to Hanoi. Majority of us had dinner at this place near the dorm and I bought bubble tea also. Damn nice. Then we cabbed to a shopping street, a more high end place. Me, Zi Liang and Kai Xiang shopped together and me and ZL bought a berms for 11.50. Our bargaining skills sux manz, can't even reduce by 50 cents. We shd just knock ourselves. We damn satisfied with it manz. Cabbed back around 945.
Tmr will begin another week of lecture. But this is an exciting week. We going to do social work at villages, and will be going to a province during the weekend. Looking forward to it :) Meeanwhile, take care guys :) Love ya all
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