Ha Long Bay by Lynn From Ha Noi we know our next stop will be Ha Long Bay, it's a UNESCO World Heritage Area and one of the" must do's" on the trip in Northern Vietnam. Now there are many ways to experience Ha Long Bay with many different price ranges. We are on a budget, a story from Richard and Helen keeps running through my mind. couple from ...

HANOI last night we visited the water puppet theatre and it was enjoyable to listen to vietnam music and see the puppets for a one hour show. HALONG BAY Vietnam, Our comfortable mini bus collected us from our hotel. Today it is raining and we need to put on our ponchos to get to the van with our bags. We drive around to collect the other 13 pass...

HE SAID: Waking up at 6:30A was difficult but I enjoyed kayaking so much yesterday that I had to do it again. A few croissants consumed and I was shortly on the kayak. This time I was with the employee as Stacy wisely slept in. We kayaked to a fishing village and then the boat met us there. Back on board I noticed that we were starting to head b...

We have taken a trip with the people from Kangaroo Tours to Halong Bay - a picture postcard place of "about 1969" limestone karsts that rise up randomly out of the sea and fill up the bay. And jolly pretty they are too. We were a bit worried at first as we lunched surrounded by countless other boats (apparently there are 500 in the harbour) but...

The ride form Hanoi to Halong Bay is about four hours. Our hotel booked the cruise and the transportation came in the form of a packed mini-van filled with the very same people who would be on-board the Junk with us. This included a pair of Canadians, two older French doctors and a family of Aussies. On a side note to prospective Asian travelers...

Retour de Van Don à Bai Chai (moitié ouest de Halong City) en passant par le Charleroi local et en croisant un transport de container couché sur un pont... Ici, tout le monde n'a qu'une idée en tête, nous vendre un ticket de croisière pour la baie d'Halong et les prix varient de 10 à 100%! Nous irons donc voir nous même (erreur gigantesque). Tou...

We are off to Halong Bay! Our mini bus left Hanoi at 8.15am. We had managed to get on the same trip as our fellow trekkers Suzannah and Geraldine- yeay! The road trip took 3 and a half hours to get to Halong city on the coast. We stopped half way at a large shopping centre. Our guide told us that it was set up to help aid children who are still ...

We didn't stay in Hanoi for long after leaving the group, and we booked ourselves on what they call a 'Junk' boat for two nights. On the first day sailed around Halong bay which is made up of 3000 islands, and went swimming, kayaking and visited a cave on one of the islands. We spent the night on the boat and went up to the deck to watch the sun...

We did a three-day tour of Halong Bay on the Santa Maria Cruiser August 4-6. As you can see from the title, there were various hiccups with the tour we booked (which I will not waste time on here), but we still had a great time. The aggravation and lack of communication from the tour was far outweighed by the amazing scenery and fun people on o...

Tiana says: Once we got to Halong Bay, we took a big boat to cruise around Halong Bay. We stopped at a cave and looked around. Back on the boat, we sailed to a place and dropped off some of the people. Then we cruised and sailed to another Bay, where we had a night swim and jumped off the top of the boat. (3 stories high). Then I got stung by a ...