Decending Dragon

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Some photos of our trip to Halong Bay, Vietnam.... its ok to be jealous. Soon enough I'll write about the trip. Until then enjoy photos.

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Photos

Master Guide
This gent guided us through the hospital cave on cat ba island. After Dai, Kiwi, and myself all posed for a photograph (shirtless of course because it is deathly hot), this guide stripped so that he could get in on the photo action. What a funny old man.

Another Sunset
The sun was kind enough to set for us as we floated into the bay where we dropped anchor for the night. This is the view from the top deck of our junk... spectacular.

Flying squirel
Dai flying high. The first of many jumps from top deck into the bay.

View from the Cave
As you exit the cave you have this view. Photo op..... I think.

Matt and Jen
Pose for me.... just one of those momments you are glad you captured on camera.

Caught in the act
After a long day in the sun my skin need some attention. In the words of the Diddy, "I'm just moisturising my situation... you know... preserving my sexy"

Full moon party
Top deck on our boat wasn't exactly a thai island full moon party, but I can't think of many places on earth that I would have rather been on this full moon... August 9th 2006. We

Disneyland cave
Not really what its called, just that they had these really cheesy colored lights in the cave which gave it a very disney like feel. Nonetheless the caves were really spectacular.

All aboard
Kiwi fighting an uphill battle to get on to our ship. It took so much focus to get up that slippery/steep wooden plank, but not too much to pass up a photo opportunity like this.

He'll flip ya for real
Not the best form, but a successful landing

Cat ba
The view of cat ba bay, where we stayed one night. Also happens to be where Dai, Kiwi and I took on the local youths in a game of soccer... victory for the westerners!!

Ready to ride
All of us ready to take on Cat Ba national park. This is the start of a spectacular bike ride through beautiful jungle and rice fields.

Hospital Cave
The entrance to the hospitcal cave. A cave that was used as a hospital in the American War. Absolute genious.

Ummm... this doesn't feel right
At this point we were all a little unsure as to why the guide had us lined up. It was particularly worrisome because when we arrived at Cat Ba National Park we saw about 5 workers assembling a machine gun. Felt too much like we were getting lined up for the worst. But not to worry, soon enough be broke into song.

Views of the Park
Just one of the many spectacular views whilst inside Cat Ba National Park.

Typical Kiwi
Kiwi has a talent to sleep in this awkward position. He does it every time we are on a transport vehicle, in this case on our boat. You catch sleep when you can because with so much to do its hard to justify getting a good night sleep to really rest your body.

What its like
Just another picture of the increadible limestone islands of halong bay.

Comments

[streeter]

Dude, these pictures look awesome. The flips off the boat remind me of the bvi. I wanted to see a picture of your junk though (the boat kind). Take it easy and keep preserving that sexy.

[Susie]

WOW
Looks like your having an amazing time, im so jealous. I'm back in wales now back to studying chiropractic for the 3rd year (oh yeah i passed my exams :) ) Have seen aaron and rich here at uni and hayley and rach are coming down 4 a visit end of october. Have fun and look out for other friendly fellow scottish people.