Bays and Beers

I love this place!

I'm glad I came, and will be sad to leave so soon, but it's all good!
I'll start back in Bangkok - and I'll keep it brief!
Well I met up with a Canadian girl - Desiree - on the bus back into Bangkok for the two days, after the visa incident.
We laughed, we cried. Twas good craic to have someone around when you're stuck in a city you thought you were getting out of.

After delays and delays, and gate change after gate change - sending me up and down the airport - I finally got my cheap ass flight to Hanoi, northern Vietnam.
Sitting beside a great Dutch fella, who turned out to be a tour guide, was very helpful, although the bus "Dropped me off around the corner" from the hostel Shane had got me (Which I knew was a balls before I walked the half hour with me shtuff to the hotel)

We met up there later, had dinner, met some Irish, and set up a trip to Halong Bay, northeast Vietnam.
I can't say enough about that place.
Amazing.
Beautiful.
Blah blah...
Check out some of the photos I shtuck up from it.

We had our every need tended too, from moist towels on entry to the boat, to a bowl of water to wash our feet in after the beach.
3 day tour on the boat, including a night staying on the boat and a night on an island in the bay, including all meals, kayaking and tourguides etc. - $47US.
On that note I'd like to add, this place is the cheapest I've been in yet:
3,000 dong for a pint of beer = 15cent euro
20,000 for steak with chips = 1 euro
Two hour bus journey 32,000dong = 1.60 euro
internet 10,000 an hour - 50 cent euro

- and so on.
Cheapo!

Well we did alot on the excursion to Halong Bay, most of which I'm to tired to talk about.
OK I've ta go here.
But here is alot of photos I hope you enjoy.

PS My phone doesn't work in Vietnam, so I can't get text's until Thailand on Tuesday.
BYe!