Halong Bay fun

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I'm back from Halong Bay and it was phenomenal! The views of the bay are incredible will tons and tons of huge limestone "islands" all over the place. Plus the group I went with has turned out to be a lot of fun and I'll continue on with a couple people for a few days hopefully.
Wednesday we hoped on the boat and cruised around the bay for a bit. Eventually we stopped and did some swimming from out huge 3 level junk ship then went kayaking to explore a cave. The first night ended up being a relax evening of just having some drinks and hanging out.
In the morning we switched to a smaller boat which took us to a private beach on Cat Ba island. The beach was nice with really rustic grass huts to stay in for the night. Then I got to go WAKEBOARDING!!!!! The water was super wavy and the boat wasn't very fast but I had a blast and was so happy to be back behind a boat again!! I can't wait to getting up to Shawnigan lake sometime this summer even if its just for a quick weekend...lets hope i get that chance to head up there. Plus, I ended up being just as good as the instructor and probably the best boarder there (a little nudge for my ego).
Thursday night was a crazy night and we ended up going a little crazy. We started drinking games at 7pm and ended up staying up until 3am and the night involved plenty of dancing, swimming, handstands, crossdressing, and much much more. Such a fun night!!! Everyone in the group was awesome. In the morning despite being a bit hungover we left to head back to the big ship and eventually head back to port then back to Hanoi. The trip was definitley worth the $125 for the 3 days.
Last night and today I've just been explore Hanoi and bit and eating some delicious street food. We also went into a restaurant and ordered some stir fryed fighting cock, haha, which turned out to not be very good (too stringy) but was nevertheless interesting to try. I love vietnamese food sooooooooo much. Even better than Thai. I'm heading out soon to watch some water pupetry (to see a little culture) then I'm hoping on a night sleeper bus to move on to Hue and Hoi An next. I'll try to get some pics of Laos and Vietnam so far on facebook when I get a chance.
ps. I have found out that I got accepted to physio at Western and was put on a wait list for U of A. I have turned both down and will definitely be going to UBC in the fall 😊

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