Ha Long Bay is an incredible place, the pictures don't do it justice the scenery is stunning, islands every where and virtually all of them uninhabited, the only downside is that there are millions of tourists and junk boats, so the water around the harbour is farely polluted. I paid 90 US Dollars for a 3 day 2 night tour. The tour consisted of a night on a junk boat and another night on monkey island and all food included. So bus picked us up at 8am, quite a few from our hostel so I'd already meet a few of the folks on our boat. 16 people in total, older british couple, spanish couple, 5 canadians, 2 swedes 2 dutch girls and an aussie and another couple which I think were locals. We finally arrived at
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