Harbour View Hotel Hai Phong Haiphong

Ha Long Bay has a 120 kilometre long coastline and is approximately 1,553 square kilometres in size with about 2000 islets. The area designated by UNESCO as the World Natural Heritage Site includes 434 km² with 775 islets, of which the core zone is delimited by 69 points: Đầu Gỗ island on the west ...

... seemed to be a local gathering spot for the eagles. I&#8217;m not sure what type they were, fish eagles mibbe, but there was a good fifty of them flying over head. It was mesmerising watching them swoop at each other and riding the thermals as the sun was going down.<br><br>An early start at 6 a.m. allowed me and one of the guys to get some kayaking in before breakfast whilst lazy emma stopped in bed. Then we set of for our final sail and the bus back to Hanoi.

... from most of the group for the next leg.<br><br>there were just 7 of us heading for the ocean beach resort for a two night stay. myself and brid, victor and diana, an older australian couple, tara and brook, two australian sisters and their friend ashleigh. and so the 7 of us sat on the roof of our new boat, getting to know each other over a couple of beers and watching the sun set on a beautiful land and sea scape. these karst islets are a beautiful sight at any time, jutting ...

... and diving off the boat which concluded our Halong Bay trip. We got back to the harbour had lunch and had a bus ride back to Hanoi. We made sure we found a nicer looking guesthouse before we embark on a 2 day trek in Sapa. In the evening we went to a water puppet show, set to music in a traditional Vietnamese style with occasional fireworks which we thoroughly enjoyed.<br><br>11th September<br>Spent a day shopping and researching tours to Sapa and picked up a ...

... wenn Du es merkst. Ein paar Beispiele....<br><br>Heute waren wir in einem Restaurant Mittagessen und die Rechnung haette laut Menukarte 89'000 Dong sein sollen. Auf der Rechnung stand aber 99'000 Dong. Die Kellnerin erklaerte uns dann, dass die Preise nun hoeher seien und sie bloss die Karte noch nicht neu gedruckt haben. Sorry, but we don't care! Nachdem ca. 9 Kellnerinnen fest behauptet haben, sie koennen nicht die Preise verrechnen, die in der Karte stehen, haben wir den ...

Grand but not as good as I hoped. It was very cloudy each day so we didn't have the best view and no nice sunset. Also my stupid leg meant that I couldn't join in with jumping off the top deck into the South China Sea so I ended up not boozing as much as I would have liked and was one of the first to bed.<br><br>It was still a good tour and I definitely recommend it - it seemed to be a really good night for everyone who did stay up, so much so that people from the neighbouring boats ...

... helmet like the one I had, which I liked a lot, only to become frustrated to find that someone had stolen the left strap from it. On other occasions I have also gone to buy food or drink only to find that the container has been opened and some contents removed. Such small scale theft is not suprising given the small incomes many people have and the vast array of foreign imported goods on display in these large airconditioned supermarkets. For many, theft may ...

... as it is believed that her spirit protects the village people from further danger. The example of Do Son is a tragic one and illustrative of a sense of continuity in the ways in which women are positioned vis-a-vis men. Do Son beach resort has become synonymous with sex, and whenever a man asks me whether I have been to Do Son, he usually does so with a knowing smile. I have lost count of the number of times I have either been advised to visit Do Son ...

I was in Hai Phong when the motorbike helmet law was officially launched last year. Overnight it seemed that the traffic scenery changed from a few wearing helmets to a few not wearing them. Leaving my apartment that morning I forgot to put mine on, but thankfully remembered it just as I rode off to work. An hour later I was invited by a school Principal to wear it on stage in front of over 1,000 lower secondary school students. How embarrassing it would have been if I had ...