HaLong Bay, Vietnam

Okay, so I didnt post a new blog when i woke up from my nap, instead i went in search of some chinese medicine for my sore throat, which was accomplished by following someone down a long narrow alley where an old man sat on a small stool grinning ear to ear next to a room full of pills and the secret stash of Yin Qiao that i was looking for. It seems that i have brought almost all the wrong medicines for our trip. Small adventures. Since i wasnt feeling well, i rested for the rest of the day for our big 3 day 2 night trip out to HaLong Bay, which we have just returned from. It was another amazing place, with huge limestone rocks/islands jutting out of the sea. It seemed as though it could go on forever. There are no words sometimes for the beauty that is created in this world and i wish that i had all the time to just sit and soak it all in. We saw a cave, which was lit up like disneyland, for once we werent blindly trekking into an unknown cave. we swam in the warm waters and had fancy looking food on the boat. unfortunately we spent the night parked to about 25 other boats, it reminded me of camping in an RV park. But we were surrounded by these amazing formations, so i couldnt complain too much. The best part of the trip was that we were able to spend a good chunk of the day kayaking through the area, past these rocks that towered over us, i cant do justice to such an experience through words. we kayaked over to a small beach where our boat met us to have lunch, which was much needed. we were all famished after a breakfast of toast and fruit before our 2 hour kayak trip and swim. we spent the night in a fancy hotel on cat ba island, Holyday View(almost original). We had a nice leasurely boat trip back to HaNoi, where we are now, anxiously waiting for our plane back to Bangkok, where we will begin our decent to southern thailand. the moment we have all been waiting for!! we have to go pick up our bags, which got left on another boat, so i will write more later about our adventures in vietnam.