Motorbikes and a Night on the Boat

Our subsequent day on Cat Ba Ryan and I decided to rent some scooters and tour the island. It's not that big and for $5 we got ourselves some hogs to see the parts of the island we could. After a quick tutorial on the bikes by the renters we took off and headed for the route our hotel manager recommended for us. I would never ride these bikes in a city but on the island the only vehicles are other scooters and a couple minibus taxis.

The scooters were a great way to see the island and appreciate the parts of it less touched by the constant traffic of tourists. We went out to the north west corner of the island and along the way we rode the contours of the landscape. There were many beautiful valleys, beaches, and rocks waiting to be climbed by Dan Urban. Ryan and I kept a look out for potential rock climbs that Dan could have done where the rocks overhang the water. This was pretty much everywhere we looked, but Dan decided to stay home so we're going to torture him with stories and visions of what could have been.

Anyways, the scenery truly is undescribable so we'll post the pictures. I must say it was an amazing way to see the country side, but for my Mom's sake know that I was driving extremely carefully.

Later we did end up getting picked up for our night on the boat. So luckily and unfortunately at the same time we left Cat Ba island and headed for the boat. We enjoyed a tiny dinner on the boat and some great company with people from Norway, Sweden, France, Australia, Belgium, Canada, and Vietnam once again. We ended up sitting on the top of the boat telling the worst jokes we'd ever heard and just plain hanging out with new acquaintences. It was a nice night.