Those of you who saw the Vietnam Top Gear special just before Christmas will already be familier with Halong Bay. This is the bay where they tried to sail around on their little converted moped boats.
Halong by was a very bumpy 3 hour bus ride away from the capital almost directly east from Hanoi. The road here in Vietnam are absoutly terrible and at times I was bumped out of my seat some of the ot holes were so bad.
Once we got to the port we were all taken on to a boat which was to be our home for the next two days and we departed for the bay. Halong bay is bascially a vast collection of about 2000 limestone island and rocks cover covering a huge area spreading out over 120km of sea. Apparently the bay was creadted by a gaint dragon who when flying over the area his tale slashed and cut away at the ground causing the 1000's of rock formations. Then when the dragon splashed into the sea the waves it created submerged the place in water. However the whole time I was there I didn't see this dragon once, so very much doubt this actually happened.
Tommy and I shared a kyack and as I decided to be very risky and take my camera on the kyak I got the front of the boat so I could get some pcitures without Tommy fat head in the way. Personally I wanted to sit in the back as this would have meant when Tommy wouldn;t have been able to see me so I could just sit back and relax wihtout him knowing and let him do all the work round the 16km course. Unfortunaly I was in the front so he probably did it to me instead.
That night we were treated to another feast of Vietnamese good by the crew and then they whacked some tunes on for us to party into the night on the boat. Being the miserable bastard I was during my time there couldn't arsed with any of that so just went to bed as I was still knackered from Bangkok.
We were woken up nice and early the next day as we had to set off before the dock while the tide was still high so made the hour or so journey back to the coast. The weather was so nice that morning, so cool and breezy; I just sat on the front if the boat on my own and watched all the little islands go by. Eventually I was joined by an Australian guy and we spent the next half hour discussing online media, which was nice.
Looking back Ha Long bay was a great and it felt great just kayaking around getting up nice and close to the rocks and being able to explore the place how I wanted and not where the boat driver or whoever decided to take us. The trek on the second day was nice little extra as it was something I probably wouldn't have done had I not signed up to the Ha Long bay trip but it did not compare to the actual bay at all.
very good blog you got going on there. As a northerner who learnt vietnamese in SOAS in London I enjoyed seeing what I could never get to do. HaLong bay has always been a dream of mine. I hope you enjoyed the travels as much as I have enjoyed reading them. Cam on ban toi!! Tot lam
ReplyDeleteNice blog Rob. Saw the Vietnam TG Special Dave and was struck by what a amazing place the bay is.
ReplyDeleteta for the insight.
That looks amazing! really enjoying reading about your travels...can you remember who you booked the bay trip through
ReplyDeleteif you go to hanoi stay at the hanoi backpackers. i booked my trip through them.
ReplyDeletealthough i assuem there will be a lot of other ompanies offering the same trip.
but h.b.p is prob the best option
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