A morning we'd like to forget (read with a grain of salt)

On Monday morning Shelley woke up at 3am not doing so hot. She hurried to the bathroom and I begin to hear her trying to ralph in the toilet (ralph = throw up). This wasn't good and didn't give me much hope, knowing that we'd eaten at the same places. For about an hour, Shelley was continually on and off the toilet. Then about at 5am, the poop hit the fan (figuratively and literally). It was my turn for the bathroom party.
This sickness is fairly ironic because the safest place we've eaten at since being here is the Senior Missionaries apartment and that was our last place we had eaten. We don't know exactly where the sickness can from, but we have an idea.
This sickness could not have come at a better time either. Today was the only day when we could not hang out at our hotel. We needed to check out at 8am and a shuttle picked us up for the longest ride of my life. We rode to Ha Long Bay, but the 4 hour ride became increasing hard as we got closer to Ha Long Bay. First, we didn't know if our bowels could make it, and to rub salt in the wound, the already bumpy road (because all of Vietnam's roads are bumpy) was under construction for about 1/3 of the ride. We did the usual weaving in and out of traffic, but now it occurred on gravel with big bumps. In elementary school I loved sitting in the back because it would bounce the most. Now I hate it because I almost had to clean up a very nasty mess.
We boarded the Golden Lotus to take us around Ha Long Bay. Ha Long Bay is beautiful! The clouds and fog lifted briefly and that was the first time since being here we have seen the sun.
The crew was very nice and we saw some amazing land formations. We are now staying on the island of Cat Ba for a night. Our hotel is very nice, which is nice for two people recovering from sickness and now sunburns also. Bad combo.
Hope you enjoy the pictures.