Halong Bay
Travel Blogs from Halong Bay, Vietnam
Misty islands in the Bay
Our three day, two night tour was good, although we wished it were sunnier. The cool misty weather while we were on the bay (with eighteenmillion other tourist boats) was nice, but we were both glad to see the sun when it came out just as we boarded the ...
Halong Bay - a little disappointed
Ok, so we had booked a 2 day, 1 night trip to Halong Bay. This is a place that many point out as a highlight of their travels. It is because of this that I think I have become spoilt whilst travelling (mainly by the scenery of New ...
Last Stops in Vietnam
... and the Temple of Literature were also great visits. From Hanoi, we also took a fantastic two-day trip out to the awe-inspiring Halong Bay. Endless small islands fill the bay, and our junk took us to visit Dragon Cave, and a floating village. We also ...
Halong Bay
... sleeping than see it but in fact we were amazed once we got there and it was quite surprising too! It is some 1500m2 in size and the walk up also offers an impressive view of the bay. Halong Bay for one of the new 7 wonders of the natural world? HELL ...
Escape from the mainland: The sequel
... lunch. Me and Amy, after working out some steering issues, power-housed our way towards the most interesting looking spots. Halong Bay was such a gargantuan sized area that found ourselves a little intimidated by the sheer size, and not to mention the ...
Halong Bay
... a village south of Hanoi. Needless to say I need to be in Betty Ford right now on a rehab program and its only day 9. Halong Bay was amazing we spent the day canoeing and swimming from the boat and the nights eating and drinking,,,,they had plenty, we ...
"Same Same but Different"
... formation from example a chicken that in fact looked more like a horse. We then hopped into double kayakes and had a paddle around Halong Bay taking in the sights of the floating village and spectaclar sceneary. The best way to view the bay as long as ...
Ha Long Bay
... upstairs after freshening up a bit and sat down for a very decent lunch while taking in the beautiful limestone pillars of Halong Bay (A UNESCO world heritage site btw!). Our table was also occupied by Stefan from Canada who was currently working in HK ...
Fun times in Halong Bay!
We booked onto a 3 day, 2 night Halong Bay tour with Amanda, Pete, Sam and Makayla. After our 3 hour bus trip to Halong City, we boarded the Sunrise Junk boat. It was one of many in the harbour. We started our trip with a lovely lunch of prawns, ...
Day 11 - Halong Bay
... yummy! We then waited in the hotel for our driver to take us to Halong Bay for our overnight tour. The drive to Halong Bay was a very fast paced, bumpy, eye opening adventure. 3 and a half hours of sheer terror... well maybe it wasn't that bad as I ...
(5) Boat Cruise through HALONG BAY Isles
... so to recharge for our ongoing hectic schedule. DAY 7 - Tuesday October 9th: The final day of the Halong Bay experience.......... We actually liked our included breakkie this time and joked accordingly. Soon whisked off to our shuttle ...
Peace and quiet in Halong Bay
After a 4 hour hairy bus drive from Hanoi we found ourselves in Halong Bay, just by the coast in North Vietnam. Given the last two weeks battling it up the coast on dirty and smelly buses and trains, our expectations were not too high. Fortunately, ...
Halong Bay: The Magic of the Dragon.
... nowhere in the water was a little hut where people actually live its unbelieveable to imagine. The guide explained that throughout Halong Bay there are 300 and something of these houses and the locals simply live off the food they catch from the sea ...
Islands In The Mist
... but I think the subject matter is fairly easy to interpret ;P After the cave we went kayaking for about 45 minutes around the Halong Bay islands. This was an extremely wet experience as there was already water pooling in the seats when we got in and ...
Only fotos!
and then there was 4
... into an almost deserted hotel for 3.50 each. For the first day on Cat Ba island we hired kayaks and paddled about 3 miles round Halong Bay which was pretty cool but very tiring. we got back at about 4 and crashed out. my arms ache still if im honest! ...
Volleyball with an Irishman and a Kiwi
... beer every minute for 100 mins. I've said too much). Now back in Hanoi. Next up is Thursday, whistle-stop tour of Vietnam before meeting the others in Ho Chi Minh and heading for Thailand. (PS Anyone thinking of coming here who has heard booking internal ...
Dag 5,6 - Genieten in Halong Bay
... 8 van die idioten op ons meest romantische trip moeten vertrekken. We vertrekken via een busrit van 3.5 uur naar het prachtige Halong Bay. Een echte oase van rust tenmidde van het schitterende Karst gebergte. Aangezien dat we echte trekkers zijn hebben we ...
Ha Long - descending dragon
A bus journey took us to Ha Long Bay where we climbed aboard a pirate ship and the captain said to me wer'e going this way that way forwards....... No really no pirates and sea like a lake! We had lunch with our fellow travellers and begun ...
Halong Bay
An organised trip to Halong Bay over three days - after leaving a wet Hanoi and a 3 hour ride (including the mandatory retail opportunity) in a rather cramped minbus we arrived at our Junk home for the next day. The sceneray was stunning (see photos) ...
Island of the Apes
... for 10 pence and gathered there with some other backpackers who were staying in Cat Ba town from the various other thousand and one Halong Bay trips. Day three was an epic day trip by boat and bus back to Hanoi for our immediate onward travel ...
Simply stunning
... of those places that takes your breath away? In my experience (so far anyway :)) there are not too many places that have done that but Halong Bay is right up there. I'm not too good with descriptive text so I'll let the pictures speak for me - not sure if ...
Bring on the Dolphin
... 6 people were already sat and off we go across the city to collect the other guests before we set for our destination, Halong Bay. it’s 16 of us all together, all from different countries, stretching from China to Colombia, including a couple ...
The House of Bamboo
Halong Bay is the beautiful area of Karst outcrops and turquoise sea of the picture postcards of Vietnam (and the film Indochine). We're staying in bamboo bungalows on a tiny private island - the bungalows are on stilts, with the sea just about reaching ...
