Day 3 - Halong Bay

Up early again in the morning and of to a charity for children called Blue Dragon. We had breakfast here with a couple of the little kids. The charity was created to help the kids act like kids, ie learnin to play. The little lad sat with us was 14 and his mum would keep disappearing for months on end so he would like at the home until she came back. They also did a little drumming show, which Simon was in as I was too scared.

Then a 3 hour trip to Halong Bay, on the way we stopped at a shop that was selling rice wine that had a snake and a scorpian in the bottle apparently its good for men.

On arriving at Halong Bay we got on a beautiful private boat, we all had a cabin each. (mum it was nothing like the yacht at whitsundays)and then of we went sailing around the absolutely beautiful Halong Bay islands. Apparently they are to be considered as one of the nature wonders of the world (something like that). While the staff cooked our food and sailed the boat we sat on the roof top sunbathing - bliss. Its a shame the water was manky otherwise we would have jumped in for a swim.

In the afternoon we went for a walk into a cave that had 3 chambers. 1 one of them was called the amazing cave and the reason was because when you walked in lit up was a piece of rock sticking out like a blokes willy. Apparently its good for the men if they touch it. We commented on the fact that its good for the women as well then ;-)

Back on the boat it was all about watching the sunset on the deck with a glass of wine for me and a vietnamese beer for Simon.

Starting to get to know everyone on the trip and whilst its a shame for Simon there is only one bloke its still a good crowd of people.

Local delicacy for Vietnamese people is dog. Apparently they all really like it. This is a defo no no. For our main meal they stayed with the seafood angle, of tiger prawns and squid, and for the vegetarians it was fake squid (aka mushroom). A really nice filling meal. The food is defo getting better better.

The evening was finished with a game of Charades...that knackered us out and we were asleep by 10.