Thursday, January 29, 2009

Rockin' the "Cat Ba"






Today we woke up to less than favorable weather. It was drizzling, and cold and completely misty. It appeared as though it was going to put a damper on our plans once again. After an extended breakfast of apple/pineapple fritters we decided we were going to tough it out anyway and make the most of our day. (those fritters were not as good as they sound; especially since they were supposed to be pancakes...oh well.)

We rented a couple of motorbikes and headed into the interior of Cat Ba island to the national park. It's named, quite cleverly, Cat Ba National Park. The park has a 9km hiking trail through it, which heads to the ocean. Fortunately the weather fined up and we were able to enjoy a dry trail! It was a great way to see some of the rain forest here and the really interesting rock outcroppings and moutains. All in all, it was a great day. I think the pictures explain a bit of the fun we had en route.





...nice climbing shoes Craig!





Tomorrow we're headed out to sleep on a junk...a boat. We've hired a boat to take us around Halong Bay, and we're planning to spend the night on it. Should be good!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The hooligans hanging on the vines make a pretty convincing argument for evolution!

Anonymous said...

It doesn't surprise me to see Brian swinging from the vines. I bet he was there before Craig was. I am glad you are having a great time. Love the blogs. Love Mom