current plans
sorry that i'm jumping around a bit, i thought i'd update the past and then tell you whats happening currently....
Well i got back from halong bay today, and although it was a bit overcast and chilly, it was such a beautiful place. Id begin to compare it to milford sound, it almost lives up to it. The tour guide was excellent. His name was ba and he was a journalist and teacher who was happy to tell us all about vietnam, its history, culture and his family. We left for the 3 hour drive early yesterday and were on th boat having lunch by 1. the boat was small and there were only 9 people on board, so it was nice to have a small group. The food was generally very nice, and later that day we went to a beautiful cave, sailed through the huge islands, talked and went for a quick and freezing swim. Last night after dinner, we asked ba about the different sides of vietnam, and he told us jokes and stories about everythign from corruption to ho chi minh. We went to bed at only 9:30 and woke up early for brekky. I slept really well. This mnorning we went sailing more, picked up about 6 more people to give them a lift back to the mainland. The weather wasnt quite as good, but we still stayed out ont he top deck, and looked at the view. Then we went back to shore and had a weird lunch at a very sterile chinese eatery.
I got back at about 5 and booked to go to sapa with the same tour company (fansipan). I really enjoyed the trip with ba and i hope my guide for this next trip will be as good. I leave Monday night (so 2 full days in hanoi) and then fly down to hue. I am leaving it a bit late, but i will manage to have 3 days in hue, hoi an, nha trang, and 2 in saigon.
Missing everyone heaps, tends to happen when i say goodbye to friends...
:)
Well i got back from halong bay today, and although it was a bit overcast and chilly, it was such a beautiful place. Id begin to compare it to milford sound, it almost lives up to it. The tour guide was excellent. His name was ba and he was a journalist and teacher who was happy to tell us all about vietnam, its history, culture and his family. We left for the 3 hour drive early yesterday and were on th boat having lunch by 1. the boat was small and there were only 9 people on board, so it was nice to have a small group. The food was generally very nice, and later that day we went to a beautiful cave, sailed through the huge islands, talked and went for a quick and freezing swim. Last night after dinner, we asked ba about the different sides of vietnam, and he told us jokes and stories about everythign from corruption to ho chi minh. We went to bed at only 9:30 and woke up early for brekky. I slept really well. This mnorning we went sailing more, picked up about 6 more people to give them a lift back to the mainland. The weather wasnt quite as good, but we still stayed out ont he top deck, and looked at the view. Then we went back to shore and had a weird lunch at a very sterile chinese eatery.
I got back at about 5 and booked to go to sapa with the same tour company (fansipan). I really enjoyed the trip with ba and i hope my guide for this next trip will be as good. I leave Monday night (so 2 full days in hanoi) and then fly down to hue. I am leaving it a bit late, but i will manage to have 3 days in hue, hoi an, nha trang, and 2 in saigon.
Missing everyone heaps, tends to happen when i say goodbye to friends...
:)
posted by ben at 9:50 PM
1 Comments:
wow I loved Milford sound when I went there I did a lot of my studio Art folio on it, sounds amazing I love the water and boat trips. Sounds like your packing as much as you can into a few days hope there busy and fun.
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