For only the second time time on this trip, we've woken up to a grisly and rainy morning! That clearly means that we've done quite well up til now but is a bummer in our last week of travels.
The trip to Halong Bay was awesome, the bay itself is simply stunning and the tour was so much nicer than we expected! To be honest, it was almost too fancy for us, more like a one-night cruise, with a chef and bartenders, beautiful rooms with rainforest showers, heaps of seafood for 3 meals and a sundeck for lazily staring out into the vastness of the bay. Ridiculous!
The thousands of rocky formations that jut out of the ocean across the bay are just superb, even better up close as you 'sail' past them (sails not included unfortunately). We even went for a dip as the sun was setting, just the 5 of us who dared the ice cold water- our guide Happy just laughed at us from the deck. It was totally worth it though, tick that off the to-do list ;)
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Since then, Sean and I have been making our way south, aiming to be in Saigon by the 20th for our flight back to KL the next day.
We flew a few hundred k's and spent a night in Danang, with the intention to go to Hue from there. Learning that it was actually quite far away and accepting that we are both absolutely exhausted, we are instead spending 3 nights in Hoi An. (We did make a quick visit to the Marble Mountains though, they are cool with huge caves filled with marble sculptures carved out of the rock) It's our longest stay in one place since Krabi and we were definitely ready for a rest! Hoi An is a lovely town, plenty of things to see and do (and buy!!) so its a good rest stop. But like I said, it's raining. So time to crack out the ponchos, hop on our $1 bikes and get spending!!
The trip to Halong Bay was awesome, the bay itself is simply stunning and the tour was so much nicer than we expected! To be honest, it was almost too fancy for us, more like a one-night cruise, with a chef and bartenders, beautiful rooms with rainforest showers, heaps of seafood for 3 meals and a sundeck for lazily staring out into the vastness of the bay. Ridiculous!
The thousands of rocky formations that jut out of the ocean across the bay are just superb, even better up close as you 'sail' past them (sails not included unfortunately). We even went for a dip as the sun was setting, just the 5 of us who dared the ice cold water- our guide Happy just laughed at us from the deck. It was totally worth it though, tick that off the to-do list ;)
Since then, Sean and I have been making our way south, aiming to be in Saigon by the 20th for our flight back to KL the next day.
We flew a few hundred k's and spent a night in Danang, with the intention to go to Hue from there. Learning that it was actually quite far away and accepting that we are both absolutely exhausted, we are instead spending 3 nights in Hoi An. (We did make a quick visit to the Marble Mountains though, they are cool with huge caves filled with marble sculptures carved out of the rock) It's our longest stay in one place since Krabi and we were definitely ready for a rest! Hoi An is a lovely town, plenty of things to see and do (and buy!!) so its a good rest stop. But like I said, it's raining. So time to crack out the ponchos, hop on our $1 bikes and get spending!!
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Enjoy your last few days. We are looking forward to your photos - and you two, of course.
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