On the morning of the 15th of February we took a cramped, three-hour long minibus ride to Halong Bay with a mixed group of other Europeans, Canadians and a huge group of Aussies. We had a short break during the journey at a large souvenir warehouse before finally reaching the tourist port. In order to actually get to our boat we had to climb, jump and generally scramble from boat to boat, deck to deck all the while trying not to slip between the boats (there were dozens, if not hundreds of them) and disappear. Having reached our boat intact we set off for our two day tour of the bay. Now, when we booked the trip at the hostel we promised beautiful scenery, amazing food and plenty of stops for kayaking and swimming as
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