Notes,from,Halong,Bay,Kayaking travel,insurance Notes from Halong Bay
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Kayaking on Ha Long Bay. Photo by Indochina SailsMegan and I finished our time on the SE Asian continent in stylecruising around Halong bay on a luxurious Chinese Junk. Although weweren't at any time under actual sail power it still had masts and wasquite authentic. We spent the afternoon sailing into the heart of the2000 islands that populate the bay. We ate a delicious lunch served intraditional communal bowls and then disembarked for a couple hours ofkayaking.(see picture) We kayaked through some caves and into a serenecove which is only accessible through caves. Our trip was organized bytwo guides one a westerner from London who had decided to spend acouple weeks working for this company and the other a Vietnamese mannamed Viet they were both in their early twenties. Megan and I wereaccompanied by 21 other backpackers from all over the globe we hadBrits, Scots, Brazilians, Quebecois, Americans, and one guy from MexicoThey were all ready for fun and really a great group of people to spenda couple of days with. During our time in the cove some one managed tocapsize there kayak which wouldn't be a problem for a standard seakayak but these were actually river kayaks and therefore didn't float.It took 20 minutes and some delicate footwork and razor sharp rock butit was eventually drained and back afloat. Although the delay put usbehind schedule and late for the rendezvous with the Jolly Roger we didget to catch a glimpse of a monkey which happened to swing down fromthe top of one the surrounding ridges to investigate the commotionbelow. Back aboard the boat we settled into our respective cabins toshower up for dinner and a spectacular sunset. After dinner we spentthe evening taking part in various drinking games and other intelligentdiscourse. Eventually the night digressed to feats of bravery and webegan leaping off the top of the boat into the dark waters below. Thefollowing day we fought through varying levels of hangover and trekkedup a slippery slope to the top off a picturesque peak. Most of usdidn't think that was good enough so we climbed up an ancient towertower which stood atop the hill. It was very very rusted and had anerve racking creak to it whenever the wind picked up.(also it wasmissing two steps on of which the top step was about 120ft above thejungle canopy. We are now in Indonesia, Jakarta to bespecific and are seriously contemplating a spur of the moment flightstraight to Bali. It's not that we don't like the city, although therats are brave enough to walk to streets in broad daylight, we justwant to be in a fun beach town for the final full moon of our tripwhich happens to be tomorrow night. We'll let you know if we make it by for now.Source: Travelblog
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