Wednesday, May 4
Departure from the hotel at. 7.30 to Halong Bay and Cat Ba. The company now consists of Khoa, Man, Minh Chau, Anh and Thuy from Hoi An, Henning and Erik in a Toyota Innova. We drove around Thai Airlines and had confirmed Flights to Friday. They opened at first. 8.00. We had a short stop at the disability center where Oanh work in Sao Do. Oanh was obviously happy to see us. She is sponsored by Henning, as she is hearing impaired and have been at school for the deaf.
Oanh work
Disability Center
Disability Center
Cl. 12.00 we reached Halong where the car was parked and we boarded a boat for ourselves. It was quickly covered up the boat and again there was delicious food. We shared a few bottles of white wine. It was a unique spectacular view from the boat while we ate. We sailed past a lot of islands. The landscape is almost comparable to the fiord in Disko Bay at Illulisat. Here it was not icebergs but rocks and temperature was also slightly different. We also came to visit a large stalactite cave, which they have built to resemble Mønsted in Denmark limestone mine. There was a whole 3 caves and the last was the greatest. We were staying at a Sun Flower Hotel after a bus had driven us a long way in CatBa. Dinner, we were at. 20:00 ET place Khoa knew well. He received massage while he sat at the table. There was no one else who wanted it.
After visiting cave lies the boat down here
Beautiful view from Cat Ba
CatBa nice view
Catba Cruise Google Earth. possibly right-click
Crab and shrimp at lunch, etc.
Grotte Visits: Thuy, Man with Khoa Minh Chau and Anh
Grotte Visits: Eric Henning, Anh with Minh Chau, Thuy and Man
Picture from the large stalactite cave
Thursday, May 5
We drove off in the car at. 8.00 to somewhere else on the island CatBa. here we had to sail like yesterday in between 1000 islands. We ended up somewhere that was ideal for trekking. We walked 3.8 km (Forerunner 205) to a small village Viet Hai. En route we heard crickets sing loud and we came across a lot of goats on the road. In Viet Hai had a beer before we went back to the boat. On the way back we met some French tourists in the opposite direction but just on the bike. We sailed in the direction of Monkey Island. Before we arrived we had an excellent lunch on the ship. On Monkey Island was bathed little (ie was only Henning and Erik), but the water was cold. When all were ashore for a swim or just relax, the ship sailed away and we were left on Monkey Island. We spent almost 1 hour there with bathing and with searches for monkeys. There were lots of monkeys. It was a beautiful and peaceful island, where we relaxed completely. But it was time to sail home. In the evening we ate farewell dinner at 20.00. A place where Henning and Khoa had made a reservation.
Dinner at Cat Ba
More Photos from Halong Bay
Harbor in Cat Ba
Video with CatBa.
Video with Halong Bay
(Anh, Thuy and Erik) got a Tiger beer in Viet Hai
Friday, May 6
We drove a long way from Catba at 7.30 by minibus to a ferry landing. Here we came immediately with a ferry to Halong. We drove to Sao Do, where Oanh parents had put up lunches. We had a nice lunch. Was said Mot hai ba, the (pronounced mon tai ba, of course). Does 1, 2, 3, cheers. Or chúc suc khoe (With God's help!) So many times. Tram Phan Tram (Djambo djam) sounded too diligently. Besides Oanh parents were also Oanh sister (Hangover) and Oanh. After lunch we saw the crew on the farm. There were pigs, dogs, cats, porcupines and snakes. When we had to see snakes, screaming Thuy suddenly long as if there had been something terrible. A snake had just brushed past her leg. Oanh dad had a really nice house that had been expanded continuously. We reached our hotel in Hanoi Cl. And 15.00 pm. 17.00 we drove to the airport by Khoa as a driver. Thang and Hong showed up at the hotel to say goodbye to us. They also had fine gifts with us. The airport itself was Thuy with gifts and said goodbye. Thuy has made a major effort that we were being held in Hanoi.
Packed with Oanh parents: Anh, Thuy, Man, Khoa, Oanh's father, Eric, Oanh, Oanh sister (Hangover) and Oanh mother
Almost the entire company
Oanh and her sister
Snakes viewed
Porcupine viewed