Halong Bay Hanoi

6th - 9th September - Hanoi and Halong Bay

6th September

Now I have seen some interesting things been transported on motorbikes during my travels. Just a few include .... whole families (including mum's doing the school run), boxes of eggs, bonsai trees, huge vases (strapped to either side of the bike), a push bike, a man carrying …

Today was a reasonably low key day.

We had to pack up all our things in the morning and be out of our rooms by 10am so the staff could clean them for the next trip. After doing this we waited round in the dinning room and talked while we cruised back to the mainland. We really enjoyed our time on the Junk Boat.

From here we caught …

It's always an odd feeling getting to a new country. You tend to initially gloss over the negatives of the country you’ve just left and look back overly-fondly on it. Meanwhile you are also excited at getting to see something new. I guess this was the same response as I had when I arrived in Hanoi. Although if anything it leaned more heavily …

Well here I am. In my new stopping grounds for the next 2 year!! Although I will not be living in Hanoi the feelings I have acquired these past 5 days have been incredible. Hanoi is mesmerizing! The people are beautiful. I dreamed of a place with old ladies on street corners in their rice paddy hats cooking Pho... and that is exactly how it is here …

After a short flight from HCMC, I arrived in Hanoi fresh and ready to explore. It is not much different from HCMC – the traffic is still horrendous, the motorbikes numerous and crossing the road is still an adventure in itself. I walked around to look for some snacks and ended up going to several bakeries to try different Danishes and …

I booked our 3 day, 2 night Ha Long Bay tour at 10:00 on Christmas eve night after a wonderful dinner at one of Hanoi's many Gekko restaurants. APT Tours, Hanoi picked us up from the Art Hotel on time at 8:00am to commence the three andf a half hour bus ride to Halong City. Chaos ensued once we arrived in Halong City with hundreds of tourists and …

Ok so our adventure continues in Vietnam. We loved Hanoi, but it was time to move on to a must see destination called Ha Long Bay. Anyone who goes to Vietnam has to go here, even though personally I thought it was overrated. Don't get me wrong, it was still amazing, but I thought there have been better spots in the world (like El Nido in the …

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Saa er vi retur efter et par dage paa tur til Halong Bay. Vi startede ud med en bustur paa ca fire timer. Der var ikke saerlig langt, men vejene er ikke just som de danske motorveje. Samtidig var der indlagt to pauser ved attraktioner, saa vi kunne koebe lidt:-)

Vi kom med en lille gruppe paa tolv personer, og det var …

Gosh, It certainly has been a while since the last entry. All of the distractions aside, I thought that it was time to continue on with my blog...

I am very sorry for the lateness of this blog! I went to Vietnam on the 1st of October until the 8th of October. To help speed up the process of this entry, I will do what I do best... speak …

... were pleasently surprised (way nicer than Zulu beer). Anyway, who cares? it's 13p! Two of our days in the Hanoi area were spent at Halong Bay, about three hours drive away. We booked onto a boat for $80 each overnight and had a great double room ...

... milk. For our first family activity we headed out of the city to the Gulf of Tonkin for a three-day cruise around the beautiful Halong Bay (see separate blog entry). We then returned refreshed to Hanoi for some festive fun. On Christmas Eve we went to a ...

... bay , which involves a large wooden boat, kayaking, swimming, beach time, and ranting around an island on a motorbike.  From Halong bay.....head south. Can view all pics here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/discozo/sets/  the rest of my ...

... 's quite a skill) We had a few beers in the bar due to it being ANZAC day and happy hour all day. We booked onto a tour of Halong bay for the next night and had an early night. We set off to Halong bay at 8am after our free breakfast (bread, jam ...

... between him and Colonel Sanders is uncanny. Despite my general distaste for group tours, we signed up for an overnight trip to Halong Bay. Thirty-five dollars bought us a cabin on a boat, transportation to and from Hanoi, three fairly bland meals, ...

... screen. They've taken this performance around the world - it really is great to see! After a couple of days in Hanoi we went on an overnight trip to Halong Bay. It took about 4 hours to get there on the minibus then we got on our boat - there was ...

... us through the options as she must make a rake on the commission. We book the Perfume Pagoda tour up in the hills, A Halong Bay overnight cruise and we are talked into buying the overnight bus instead of our traditional choice of train as it is cheaper ...

January 4, 05 Northern Vietnam is spectacular in its diverse scenery and people. I caught a bus to Halong Bay the day after I arrived. I was a day behind the group I had met, but figured I would catch up to them in the bay somewhere. Our first stop ...

... , I figured out it was the trip that was so dreadful.  So I stayed another day and decided to give Vietnam a chance after all.  Eventually I accepted that this is just one of the costs of travel.  Time for some R&R in Halong Bay. ...

... be, spend a day or 2 in Hanoi with her, sight seeing and taking romantic moon lit walks by Hoan Kiem lake. Then off to Halong Bay for maybe a day then south for beaching and more group bonding. Times are again so good for me, i'm loving travelling and ...