halong bay - day 1 and 2

I spent the night before halong bay, chiong-ing to compile the student survey for AIESEC until 3 am.. and kan cheong sia itu babi hotmail cannot attach my final results that took me nearly 3 hours into the wee night to get done.. it was 'attaching ' the whole night la.. still cannot attach.. luckily i was saved by gmail! and ntu did take part in the global student survey..

after the close save, i had another heart attack.. due to some miscommunication, i was 10 minutes late to alvin's company to board to bus to halong city.. he told me they were not gonna wait anymore.. can die on the spot la i tell u.. shity luck was still on my side.. n we made it in time..
the bus is has really crampy seats that i had to have my legs folded up for 4 hours.. not tat fun.. view was interesting.. many blooming lotus :) i love!
reached halong city at 12-ish and headed for our junk.. yes yes yes i slept , bathed and ate on a junk.. really exciting.. food was edible but definitely not up to even singapore's standard.. ooo random : me and alvin was there with a taiwanese fren, joanna :)
we den visited the surprise cave which in my private opinion is a very perverted cave.. have lots of 'penis' like structures and 'holes' on the top of the cave.. very dirty minded.. or at least the ppl who interpret it is so. but it was really cool in there and had some amazing structures..
next we went kayaking..the sun was super hot shining on our backs.. and we went kayaking.. crazy rite? faster clap hands!! ahaha me and joanna keep on staying in one spot cos it was cool and shaded:) i wish that they would not simply throw stuff into the sea in halong bay.. cos kayaking with 'i have no idea wat da hell it is' floating around is not exactly a pleasant experience..

Den we went swimming :) Jumped into the green sea and swam like a fish.. thankfully there were no ufo (unidentified floating objects) around.. but one problem .. too MANY junks around.. so it can be pretty dangerous,and u never know wat 'rubbish' can come out from these junks.. still it was relaxing and nice.. the water is clean:) or i am psycho-ing myself into thinkign its clean :P just not very fond of ufos..

Star gazed at night and saw a shooting star!! first time ever le.. made a wish.. hope it comes true! cos my parents will be happier ppl if it happens.. the sky was beautiful.. as good as when i was in stong.. but i prefer stong cos u cannot smell the exhaust from the junks.. its really strong making ur throat get dry and scratchy.. too many junks at one place la hallo! halong is so big, spread up la..

Random : it was also my first time ever eating and seeing fresh passion fruit. SOUR!! but interesting..

we meet lots of awesome ppl on the boat .. we met ppl from sweden and denmark and israel :P tersangat nice.. feel like a real traveller finally.
Cruising around the beautiful bay with interesting conversations is heavenly.. albeit the hellish heat..

Conclusion : you MUST visit halong bay.. but ONCE is enough.. they have to have a more sustainable plan to preserve halong i think..