Got up at 7 and went for free breakfast which consisted of toast, bananas and coffee or tea. Downed about 6 or 7 pieces of toast couple cups of coffee and awaited our shuttle buss to take us the the boat. Our guide was very cool, spoke good English and was very insightful telling us all sorts of things about the islands and Vietnamese culture. We arrived at the harbor and I had my ipod on dancing as we waited to board the boat. The boat had two older couples two younger couples, two English guys, one old Swedish man, Jeannie, Shea and I and two other guys, one from San Diego and the other from Brazil. The group seemed a little quiet and I was in a great mood so I immediately started talking to everyone cracking jokes and lightening the mood.
When we got on the boat we started a dance party on the main deck jumping around and making a scene. They had funky disco music on and I jumped around yelling at the other boats passing making people on the other boats wave to us as we danced around the deck.
Everything beside the meals on the boat costs money so we brought some of our own drinks and kept them in the room. We had family style lunch getting to know one another as our boat made its way to the caves and floating market in the Halong bay islands. They served fish, squid, chicken, rice, soup, spring rolls and for desert water melon. After lunch we sat on lawn chairs on the top deck and looking at the hundreds of beautiful islands that stretch as far as the eye can see.
We made our way to the caves and went kayaking after around the islands. When we got back to the boat we got to swim for a while and I started it off by jumping off the 3rd deck about 15-20ft into the water. Afterwords we showered up and went for dinner in the dining area. They put Karaoke on and I busted out with MC Hammer not knowing the words so I just free styled and pretended to know the song. The staff got into it and joined the party all having a great time and bonding with the rest of the group.
The older couple fished for squid off the back of the boat and were pretty mellow so I joined them for a bit and talked for a while before heading to bed on the boat around 11:30.
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