Every tourist I'd met in Vietnam has recommended Halong Bay, so I was very excited about coming back to Vietnam to visit this Unesco world heritage site.
When the minibus comes around in the morning, every time the bus stops to pick up a passenger, one of us hops out for one reason or another, buying a padlock, going to the bathroom and buying breakfast. After the third stop, the driver lets out a long string of curses and we decide to mess around no more.
The views are amazing, but there is a lot of traffic, they say that 300 of the 500 licensed boats are out on the boat at any one time and we always see at least one other boat.
This is a snap from the first cave we visit. It's littered with neon lights and looks more like a disco than a heritage site.
Typical view from the boat.
Left to right: Irene from Austria, Tanya from the Netherlands, Alex from England and yours truly.
After the trip, Tanya, Irene and myself end up catching the same sleeper train to Sapa, Alex misses out.
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Lots of frequently visited caves are littered by neons lights, which make them very ugly to be honest.
How come you are in China already, but your blogs are still in Vietnam?
I have a whole bunch of posts queued up and am only doing one a day (since I go a lot of days between writing). In Shangri-La at the moment.