C & C globetrotting around the world…

The Bay of Halong has just been voted as one of the New 7 Wonders of Nature. This beautiful bay in the Gulf of Tonkin has around 2000 karst peaks scattered around in emerald water, forming a beautiful landscape. Cat Ba Island is the largest island in the bay and we stayed there for 2 nights. The best way to explore the bay is by taking a boat tour around, so we did. We chilled on our wooden boat the entire day, enjoying the breezy and partly sunny upper deck while relaxing and taking in the magnificent views of Lan Ha and Halong Bay. The first stop was at a beach on Monkey Island, but we didn’t see any monkeys. From there we went to Sung Sot (Surprise) cave, a very large, but unspectacular cave. Later we arrived at a spot in a sheltered bay where we got in kayaks and went to explore the area. We passed under a hole in the cliff and got to a beautiful and peaceful inner bay. It was just gorgeous and being on the kayak we got a different perspective and enjoyed the adventure. Back on the boat, we cruised around a bit longer, then it stopped for people to go snorkeling. After the great day, we got back to Cat Ba town on the big island just in time for sun set. Wonderful!