Day 4 in Cat Hai and at long last the rain has abated!

With this good news, we have made firm plans to go on a cruise around Lan Ha Bay on Friday.

Keeping with a morning of planning ahead, we spent a few hours mapping out our movements in early October when we visit Japan for a month.

Late morning Andy was back on the gym treadmill putting in a stretch and a 6k run.

After a productive morning, we headed into the centre in search of a post office to send postcards and presents to our young nephew and nieces back in the Uk.

The town has a fleet of yellow electric carts that go up down the main streets offering lifts at a very reasonable rate of just 10,000 dong (30p).

After a bit of searching we eventually found a post office and picked some great stamps depicting a Vietnamese village scene.

Next stop was a hair cut for Andy. His last visit to the barbers was in Manly in January, so it was very much in need, as the picture below shows.

The barbers shop was a modest affair, but you couldn’t fault the service and Andy was soon lying down getting his hair washed in readiness for the latest Vietnamese styling..!!

And off we go. Within a matter of moments the shaver was out and there was no going back.

Within 15mins the masterpiece was completed and Andy was a young man again, with short cropped hair and a sculptured beard.

To celebrate our productive day, we stopped off at Like Coffee on the seafront, for you’ve guessed it a cappuccino and a fruit juice.

With sunset on the horizon, we had a slow walk back to our hotel where we treated ourselves to drinks at the rooftop bar looking back across Cat Hai.

Our hotel has helped to make the stay really enjoyable,so if you ever find yourself on the island we’d definitely recommend Hotel Perle d’Orient from the McGallery chain. Our room looking out over the bay has a view you just don’t forget.

Tomorrow we are up early and at long last a cruise around the lower Ha Lang & Lan Hay Bays and islands.