Left Monday morning for a 3 day, 2 night cruise and kayaking adventure excursion to Halong Bay. I used a company called Handspan (www.handspan.com). Our group was relatively small - 12 people total, which is a huge positive. On the first day we stayed on the boat and explored some caves. That night we stayed on the boat in the middle of the harbour. The next morning (Tuesday) we took the boat way out in the bay where there were no tourists (thank God) and started our kayaking. The scenery was unbelievable - i hope the pictures can do this justice but not really. We spent a few hours in the morning in the kayaks, took a swim and lunch break then more kayaking. We were able to kayak into several lagoons and also into another lagoon via a 250 yard cave that was pitch black dark and filled with bats. We then took the boat to Cat Ba island to spend the night.
