So this is the first random adventure on this trip. It’s been a week now and I’m at Cat Ba islands in Vietnam. I didn’t take my bike with me on this one and made this a sort of side trip. My bike adventures will start when I get back to Hanoi.
Wanting to see sunrise at Cat Ba, I asked my hostel guys to tell me where the best place is, to see this. They told me to go to Cannon Fort. I asked the time and one guy said “Go at 4, 4:30”. I said “alright”.
I woke up next morning at 4:20 and got ready to go. It looked quite dark so I hung around till 4:50. The place wasn’t far, but when I reached the gates were closed. I had read on wikitravel, that there’s an entree fee of 40k dong. It also told me that there is another path before the entrance that leads to a place with similar views and is free. The adventurer in me took this opportunity and decided to head out.
It was pitch dark and I was a little scared but I started walking on the trail using my phone torch. Praying the entire time that I don’t find dogs, I walked for about 10 mins and reached a place that had a few homes. And then it happened, the barks tore the silence. Hoping the dog wasn’t lose, I immediately turned around, backtracked my steps, came to my bike and left.
The Hiker in Wet Shoes 
Hahah, this is really funny. Things that wikitravel doesn’t say :)
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