Halong Bay

Me in our little room on the boat.

Tiffany in our room on the boat with a look of fear b/c we hear a rat trying to get in our room!

Another boat like the one we were on to tour Halong Bay.

View on the limestone rock on our Halong Bay boat tour.

March 25-26

Today I returned from a two day tour. It was a boat trip in the beautiful emerald green water of Halong Bay with magnificent limestone rock formations jutting out of the water. At least that's what they tell you. It's supposedly one of the greatest tourtist attractions in Northern Vietnam. We had poor weather so I think that put a slight damper on our trip. However, it was relaxing and at least a chance to catch up on some much needed sleep from our time in Hoi An. The rock formations were a little hard to see in the fog but it made for an eerie effect.

We slept on the boat and my favorite part of the whole trip was playing cards with the Vietnamese boat staff at night. Tiffany and I were playing rummy when 4 Vietnamese staff joined in and played with us, for us, cheating and making up rules and such. We couldn't really talk so it was really funny. Tiffany went to bed a little earlier than I so I stayed up while the Vietnamese guys tried to teach me some Vietnamese. I would just repeat them and they would cheer when I got the words right. They thought I was actually learning Vietnamese. It made me laugh.. Then the younger brother of one of the staff caught a moth and tried to put it in my hair. When they discovered I really didn't like moths it became a new game and well I really am scared of moths (I think they're disgusting) so I went to bed soon after that. But I had fun with the staff. Every other foreigner on our boat stuck to themselves so I figure I had more fun!

Tomorrow we are embarking on a motorcycle adventure of northwestern Vietnam. I'm seriously freaked to do this!! But kind-of excited too. Should be interesting to see what these next 6 days bring! I'm terrified to be honest!!