Halong Bay

Since Sapa has been a massive adventure so much has happened.. where do i start?? Well I went to Hanoi its crazy people and motos everywhere.. I visited the Ho Chi Minh in the flesh and I mean flesh.. they have preserved him so u can visit him in the mousoleum very strange.. I went to some museums did the touristy thing.. then got robbed!!! Its funny now but wasn't at the time the moto rider that took me to all these places said it would be $5.. near the end of the ride he ran out of petrol and looked at me and said 800,000Dong which is about $50.. I was like no no no u sadi $5 we started arguing he said he was angry and his eyes started tearing up then opened a compartment on his bike and yep.. U guessed it a massive knife.. and i mean massive.. Here take ur $50!!!! So I was stranded as well as jst been robbed turns out i wasn't far from my Hotel so all worked out ok.. Just another story of the beautiful tropical Vietnam haha
It has been alot better since then i really like this country now.. I did a 2night 3 day trip to Halong bay which was the best time of my life.. the whole trip was incredible! The first night we jst relaxed on the top deck of the junk (the boat) looking at the limestone islands, visited a cave, which was good but the vietnamese know how to ruin anything natural they had colourful lights everywhere I felt like I was in a nightclub and there were random penguin bins everywhere, fake trees and random wooden things everywhere. And their sailing skills are no different from their driving skills.. the aim is to be as pushy as u can be and get there first!! We spent the first night on the junk stayed up playing UNO with some canadian guys all night. The next day was the highlight.. We went on a trek on Cat Ba Island to the top of a mountain.. then Kayaked to Monkey Bay Island.. The name explains it all there were monkeys everywhere.. It was really sad tho because their were some chinese tourists throwing lollies at them.. They could have at least taken the wrapper off.. and they were stirring them up trying to make the monkeys angry it was really sad I had to walk away.. but then we kayaked through the caves which was insane it opens up into a hidden island was so pretty I felt like I was in a movie.. then we went through a veitnamese fishing village.. which is a village on the water, people spend their whole lives there the kids row the boat to school, villages go to the land to collect supplies.. they even have dogs!
We spend the night at a hotel on the island and went to the nightclub there absolutely smashed it!! Only spent $6 all night yewww.. The night club was classic it was packed.. vietnamese guys hitting on me buying me drinks haha it was hilarious!!! The club closed at 1am and i was not ready to go home so we spent the next three hours on the side of the road with some vietnamese guys selling chickens.. they shouted us rice wine.. and I smoked tobacco thro some massive pipe it was definately a highlight! Oh and I can not forget to mention this.. We were at a restuarant having lunch and Ty (one of the canadians) ordered an iced tea... and thats literally what he got... a hot tea with ice in it hahahaha it was seriously the funniest thing in the whole wide world.. gotta love the vietnamese!!
Im now in Hue, got here this morning so im going to explore update soon x