Vinh Ha Long Halong Bay

Any visit to Vietnam would not be complete without a tour of the legendary UNESCO site of 'Hạ Long Bay', located in the north-eastern edge of the country in the south Chinese sea; Ha Long is often referred to as the jewel in Vietnam's crown. Covering over 1,500 km² of water and consisting of almost 2,000 tropical islands and karst …

After the early start from Hanoi to get to Cat Ba Island, we eventually started our cruise just before midday from a smelly Cat Ba port. The five day private junk tour organised through "Cat Ba Ventures" included all meals, kayak guide, skipper and cook. Beer, soft drinks and "tips" were extra. This was our most expensive accommodation of the …

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I was impressed with the ruthless efficiency we showed by getting from
party central Laos to the hustle and bustle of Hanoi Vietnam, in just a
few hours. No messing! At Hanoi airport (which is nowhere near Hanoi)
we sought out other backpackers that are likely to say yes to sharing a taxi into the city, thus paying half of the …

21/9/07

Picked up by a bus went on a four hour drive ended up in Ha Long Bay, Got on a boat, and headed out to this paradise, Its got 3000 islands, a lovely sunny day to go with it, as we went around these Islands came across a floating fishing village, Looks like the whole Village is built on floating Pallets, some of these people had …

Woke up bright and early in the morning to prepare my 3 hour trip into Halong bay.

Got picked up at 8:30pm which was organised by my hotel and the tour company name was (Galaxy Tour Guide).

I cant quite remember the guys name that took as the tour but he was really good with fluent enought english for everyone on the tour to …

... policy of opening its economy to foreign trade, means that Westerners and South Vietnamese now have a chance to visit Ha long. Vinh Ha Long or Bay of the Descending Dragon is often touted by proud Vietnamese as the world's Eighth wonder. One of the main ...

hier ein paar fotos der maechtigen ha long bay...ich glaub so was gibts auch kein zweites mal auf erden. ...

... because they were too small to eat. Tomorrow we venture off to Cat Ba Island!   April 13, 2010: Saying Good Bye to Vinh Ha Long is really hard because it's such a beautiful place. I've come to realize that I love being out in the open sea. If I ...

... by Hai Phong, a beautiful place with rock formations jutting out from the ground, very similar looking to the formations in Ha Long bay. Very beautiful with the greyish blue ones in the background. Our boat was a dissappointing real "junk", not the ...

... , I digress... If you do a quick google image search for Vietnam, your screen will undoubtedly be littered with images of the infamous Ha Long Bay. We were fortunate enough to book a two day, one night trip on a cruise into the Bay. Being 3.5 hours from ...