Halong Bay was amazing and definitely up there in the favourite places I've been this year. We had a lovely boat and the bus ride wasn't even that bad, but it did seem to take a really long time. There were the four of us, two couples, Stefan and a French family. Everyone was really lovely. The first day we got the boat out to the islands whilst we had an amazing lunch and then cruised around the bay taking photos and marvelling generally. We went out on kayaks and spent some time jumping off the boat into the water, loads of fun. To start with, even though they were in the same kayak, Crissi and Pete looked like they were racing each other, it was so funny to watch. Dinner that evening was relaxed and
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