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Cat Ba Island and Halong Bay

Hello! We have been on Cat Ba Island where we booked a day tour around Lan Ha Bay and Halong Bay. Unfortunately, the weather has been colder than usual and very foggy. But we still made the most of it!




It really is a beautiful place! We paid just $23 each which got us a mini bus to and from the port, tickets to both the national parks, a whole day tour on the boat, a very large lunch, a trek up monkey island and free kayaks! 


We hired a scooter for a day and explored the island.

Hospital Cave - Used as a secret bomb-proof hospital and safe house during the American war. Very spooky!

Very funny Theo... thought he'd leave me on the side of the road..


 Tomorrow we are getting a bus to Sapa at 7am. Sapa is a town in the Hoang Lien Son Mountains of northwest Vietnam. It is full of rice fields and very popular for trekking ( hoping the weather holds out for us!) We are very much hoping that it all goes well after our last bus ride!! Thankfully there is a toilet on this one:-)

We will stay in Sapa for a few nights, come back to Hanoi and fly to Ho Chi Minh City, where we leave for San Fransisco on the morning of 29th.

Love to everyone! 

Xx G









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