Back on the boat we managed to coerce the captain to drop anchor away from the other boats for the night so we could enjoy the peace and quiet a bit of solitude might provide from the obnoxious tourists aboard the other boats. We did stop away from the...
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Halong Bay is gorgeous. It is a massive body of water with nearly 2,000 uninhabited islands that look straight out of Jurassic Park with their entire surface area covered by unnavigably thick forest. The islands are very tall, protruding out of the...
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A mini-bus to the dock was included in my price paid for the next three days so I had to get my things together and check out before 10:00 a.m. as the mini-bus was to be there shortly after. Mustache bid me a farewell, having taken me for quite a bit of..
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With a propensity to get motion sickness, especially on boats, I had gone through my assortment of motion sickness pills already by the time I got here, so I asked Mustache if there was a pharmacy nearby. I’m unsure of whether it was closing soon, it...
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The bus finally comes to a grinding halt in what appears to be pretty close to the center of a charmingly small town built around a body of water and ascending up into the hills looking out over bay. Off in the distance, out on what appeared to be a...
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