Cat Ba

Spent 4 days in Cat Ba, was really chilled out staying in one of the better hostels travelling so far. It was social but not too party either. I managed to meet people and the first day we went on a scooter ride exploring the island, stopping off at random points which led to us climbing a hill and finding a mandarin farm enclosed by the mountains. Very cool, we all picked a couple to try from the trees and sat peacefully for a while.

The other few days I spent on a boat trip to ha long bay, and the surrounding area where we kayaked through the caves taking in the views. Also took a day for a solo scooter trip around the island which was class, the roads were great there and the weather was perfect. We managed to win the hostel quiz on the last night with people I met on the boat tour which was good fun (shoutout to Rebecca for singing in the music round to secure the free mojito). Back to Hanoi today and Christmas dinner has been booked for tomorrow at hostel.

Also just had some traditional Vietnamese food with a Vietnamese content creator who approached me, she said she had 500k followers? I might be seeing that soon 🤣.Read more