So in my last blog post, I was on my way to a place called Ha Long Bay which is a famous bay in Viet Nam because it is made up of about 2,000 of the islands that are shown in the picture.
It started with a three hour bus ride and then about a forty-five minute boat ride that ended when we came to this cave. It was made up of three different caverns that started with small and slowly progressed to the largest one. The largest one could easily have held close to a thousand people and then some. There were lights that illuminated the cavern so it made it a lot easier to see in the dim light that filtered through the crack at the front of the cave.
There were many rock sculptures like the ones that you can see at the
Glenwood Caverns except that these looked like Buddha and they even had one that looked like a bear.
More islands.
After we went to the cave we went back to the boat and got to go kayaking around part of the bay.
We then returned to the boat and got to jump off of it and into freezing cold water. It was fun except for the time I stupidly extended my arms right before I hit the water and smacked my arms bellyflop style into the water. It hurt, to say the least.
Even more islands. But they're cool, aren't they?
The next day we went to an island called Monkey Island where, surprise, they had monkeys. One of the guys from our boat gave a monkey a beer and the monkey started drinking it and I actually think that the little guy was enjoying it.
After toying with the monkeys, we went on a death hike where you had to climb rickety ladders made of bamboo and semi-sharp rocks where falling would mean death. My dad insisted he take a picture of me when I got to the top although all I wanted was to get down before I caused serious injury to myself.
After Monkey Island we spent a night on Cat Ba Island. The resort part of the island is situated about fifteen minutes from where the boat drops you off. The drive there looks like where King Kong lives and I personally think that it would be a good place to go to escape the zombies. Lots of lumber to build fortresses and way out in the middle of a jungle they would be hard pressed to get to you. Although if what my dad says is true, and zombies can get pretty much anywhere, the only safe place would be the moon. Sorry Newt Gingrich, but it looks like all us kids will be safe from watching and learning from all those horror movies we've seen where as you'll be one of the first to lose your brains!
The reason I haven't updated the blog in so long is because of the hotel we had in Bangkok----- NO AARON!------ didn't have a signal in the room and outside the room, the place wasn't air conditioned and the temperature was so beastly hot I thought we were going to melt. So in the nice air-conditioned apartment we are staying in in Hong Kong I am finally catching up on all those blog posts. Please email, comment and text me! email: gvemeraldwolfe@gmail.com
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