Hello all, firstly thanks for the comments, it is ace to hear from you, it makes home seem slightly less distant :P
well we have had a pretty crazy few days, but they have been ace :) after celebrating chinese new year, we have a few relaxing days in the city as everything was shut, so there wasn't much choice, but it made up for the non stop trip so far. we decided we would go on a trip to Hai Long Bay, two days one night, staying on a ship. we were ment to get a rested nights sleep on Saturday in preparation, this however did not happen. there was a lovely Vietnamise crazy lady that managed to keep the entire hostel awake all night, apparently screaming at the voives in her head. as non of us spoke vietnamise we could not tell exactly what she was screaming, but it did not sound like she was asking them round for coffee.
it was an early start on a bus, where everyone was slightly more sleepy than anticipated, and then there was a three hour drive there. we conviently stopped at a service station about half way, where there just happened to be every type of souvaner going. other than a chocolate fix, they did not get much business from us. we arrived on the boat around 12, started walking towards this huge beautiful boat, all shiny and new, before being told that we were going the wrong way....................................our boat in fact was a lot smaller, a lot older and had a huge question mark hanging over it of whether it could flaot or not???? luckily it did, and after a delicous lunch we set sail. it has to be one of the most breathtaking views in the world, to say it looks like paradise would not be far from the truth. we sailed for around an hour before transfering to a smaller baot so that we could go canoeing around the floating villiages. for the sake of mine and sarah's friendship we will NEVER EVER EVER!!!! be doing that again :)
we got back from that................just and continued on the small boat to some caves. these again were beautiful and huge!!!! it never seemed to end. as we got bacl to the boat the sun was beginning to set, and even me with my heart of ice could appreciate it was a very beautiful and romantic place :) we enjoyed another delicious meal and watched the sun set over the many islands :) Sarah will tell you what happened next :)
the next morning we sailed around some more before returing to dry land. we had a 4 hour bus ride back to the hostel, with an hour to spare before we got on our overnight sleeper bus. a sleeper bus i hear you ask, what is that???? well, it is as bad as it sounds. it was a coash like england, however instead of seats, there were three rows of bunbeds, all with varying degrees of seat belts on them. there was no space for a western person, and no guranteed way of staying in your bed for the entire journey, especially with the coach driver having questionable skill at driving. we did however make it in one piece, if lacking greatly in sleep and some nerves :S we are now in Hoi an, about half way down vietnam, and have spent the afternoon chilling on the beach.................................bliss :)
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