This was our highlight of Vietnam. On our first day here we went kayaking around the area of Halong Bay in some of the more quiet non-tourist spots with a really great company: Slo Pony. After getting into the kayak with a general idea of a route we were allowed to go and explore by ourselves. This was so much better than other kayaking experiences we saw later where you just get dropped off in one busy bay. During our 3hr explorations we saw loads of Black Kites which are common in this area, tiny flying fish that jump out of the water in front of you and negotiated small archways with crabs climbing up the walls. After lunch on the boat we set out again in a different location and were lucky enough to come across a group of wild monkeys in a deserted bay. Even luckier was our sighting of the rare Cat Ba langur on the way back to the port. There are only 60 or so left and some people who have worked here 10 years have only seen them twice.
Rope climbing and deep water soloing took up another couple of days, really great activities in the landscape. We also bumped in to someone from school on one of the tiny islands where we did a route. Small world.
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