the ride to Ha Long Bay was 4 hours, most of us slept on the way there. BUT halfway there, thank gosh there was a stop so we could get off our bums and walk around a little bit at the HANDICRAFT CENTRE! Mr. Loi told us a little bit about the handicraft centre before we arrived and this is the little that i know because i wasn't paying attention :D because the government did not want the disabled to be a burden to the society, they specially created courses i think, where they could learn how to make beautiful handicrafts and then sell it, which would help support them. they are also provided free housing, i think. anyway, so we arrived at the handicraft centre and WOW, the handicrafts we saw were gorgeous, especially the hand sewn designs on cloths, wallets and pouches. there were also, wooden crafts and jewellery boxes and others i can't really remember now. at the handicraft centre, there was this one man whom stood out, to me. he had only stumps for arms and one eye was blind AND YET, he was working at the cashier, helping another with dealing with customers. i really admire him for his perseverance.
then once again we got onto the bus for another 2 more hours before we arrived at Ha Long Bay. then the only itinerary for the day was CAVE WALKING! i think the cave was called the Cave Of Surprise because the French, either found it by surprise or when they went in, they found it amazingly beautiful and huge. so yeah, there are 3 chambers in the cave with the biggest in the third chamber. oh and Mdm Frieda educated us a little bit about stalactites and stalagmites and how to remember them. stalactites with the C stands for Ceiling and stalagmites with the G stands for ground. and Mr Loi added on with his own way of remembering the difference, but i can't remember. hahah. so basically the cave walk was walk into the cave, walk up, see the view of the bay and walk back down again. and that's all for day 2!
lovee Carrie :D
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