Du Commerce Hotel Haiphong
62 Dien Bien Phu Haiphong, Vietnam
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Baie d'Halong et Sapa
... maison – ça dépasse notre entendement de voir dans quelles conditions les gens peuvent vivre. Il y a trois pièces pour la famille et deux greniers pour conserver les légumes. Une pièce commune où se trouve la cuisine, et deux chambres à coucher, une pour les parents et une pour les enfants. Les plafonds sont bas, car les gens de cette tribu sont de petite taille. Il y a un foyer dans la pièce principale, mais pas de cheminée, de sorte que la fumée reste dans la ...
Off on the open water...
... cabin for a few more medicinal beers and a good old chat, it was so interesting listening about the ways they have lived, in the bush and then in camper van with the boys for a year, as they packed everything up and went to see everything Australia had to offer. We were both so envious of the four of them! Not only were the cabins nicer but it was great to be able to socialise and have fun before we turned in for the night too!
A great few days all round...see you all in ...
Welcome to the Party Boat
I slept through my alarm, luckily Mitchell was there to bail me out! “It’s 7 o’clock dude!” Must have managed about 4 hours sleep, but despite this and despite getting a little bit drunk last night I felt fine! Having already packed up what I needed for the Halong Bay trip the night before I was raring to go, and the big breakfast got me off to the perfect start!
Off we all set to board the minibus, but unfortunately I had one of those seats that fold ...
Shits and Giggles
... at Halong City, and the boat pier, just after midday. It was very busy, and there must have been hundreds of boats all waiting to take tourists around the bay. We passed a group of rowdy southerners who were already drinking, and we felt very glad that we were not on the same boat as them.
As we walked along the pier, we could see that some of the boats weren’t in great shape. Ours wasn’t one of these boats; in fact it was one of the nicest boats there. ...
Halong Bay
Halong Bay was only a 4 hour bus ride from Hanoi. The whole thing was fiendishly touristy from the get go. We were basically in a convoy of tourist buses, we stopped at a tourist bus stop with overpriced everything, and when we got there it was a sweaty swamp of other toursits.
There were a heap of boats at the dock where we took off from. They are ...


