This weekend 15 VPV volunteers decided to go to Ha Long Bay, about 4 hours from Hanoi. We left early Saturday morning and just got back this afternoon.
Ha Long Bay is incredible...such a beautiful place! We spent one day and one night on the boat. Since there were so many of us, we had almost an entire boat to ourselves We spent a few hours cruising through the bay before we reached the first stop: an island full of caves. It was cool, but I've seen better caves before. The actual islands are what I found the most captivating. We then stopped again to go kayaking. That was awesome, especially since we went right before sunset. The sun was going down as we arrived back at our boat.
While sailing the bay most of us spent our time relaxing on the roof of our boat...
We had dinner, then chilled and played games for a while. Traveling with people from all over the world is so interesting - we played that game where everyone gets the name of a famous person, puts it on their forehead without looking and then has to guess who they have (does anyone know if this game has a real name?). The hard part was making sure that everyone actually knew their "famous" person. Everyone knew people like Britney Spears and Jackie Chan, but not everyone knew Kim Jong-Il or Celine Dion. It made for a lot of laughs.
Another great thing about this trip was the price. For an overnight stay on a boat, four meals, three excursions off the boat, and the bus ride to and from Ha Long Bay it only cost $30 per person. Thirty dollars!! I can still hardly believe it. Here are some pictures for your enjoyment. Full album will be on Picasa soon...
Lunch on the boat
Pretty
Islands and houseboats (families live on them!)
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Looks gorgeous!
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