Ninh Bihn ➡️ Cat Ba

I didn't get a chance to eat my free breakfast this morning as no sooner than the lady put my pineapple pancakes on the table, our car arrived. Our hostel host very kindly bagged it up for me, but then left in the car when we hopped out to grab the bus :(
The bus was about 4 hours to the port where we hopped on a shabby little ferry for a short crossing over to Cat Ba island (largest island in Vietnam).
It's not a super beachy island, but very green. We passed lots of very cute water buffalo, which Kath feels the need to point out EVERYtime we see one, and quite a few small fishing ports.
Luckily the ground floor of our hostel was a vegan restaurant, so wasn't a hassle to find food when we arrived which made very happy. There was also a hotel cat lounging in the lobby which made Kath very happy.
In the afternoon, we got a little electric cart over to one of the small beaches to have a swim, and sat on the beach reading until the wind picked up so much we got a face full of sand.
It's a bit of a resort feel on the island which I didn't expect, in the fact everywhere we looked to eat and drink was just full of tourists. Seems a lot to do in the day, but not of night life, which to be fair we wouldn't be immersing ourselves in greatly anyway aha. We grabbed some drinks at a bar along the seafront and then some food along from our hostel. We've booked a tour of Lan Ha Bay tomorrow so early start (again).Read more