Cat Ba Travel Blogs

i woke up spoiled by all the luxuries from the last day and started out with the nice breakfast on deck. nice talks again and a few minutes later we were visiting one of the caves around halong bay which was quite impressive back on the boat we stopped in a isolated place for a last swim. wit…

People i met here, who contributed to and improved my trip: Juliana (Russia), Lina and Carola (Germany), Arancha, Marina, Monica and Teresa (Spain), Markus (Germany) We arrived onto Cat Ba Island and got taken for a 2 hour trek by an old Vietnamese guide. After climbing to the summit of a mou…

I woke up early before my alarm went off. In clear weather, there are supposed to be great sunrises on Cat Ba Island. But it was still overcast. I decided to get up anyway and walk around the island. I came back and had breakfast with a couple of people in my group, packed up my things and went to …

Vietnam has been keeping me busy, and a lot if it is just trying to stay out of the way of all the scooters.  Everyone, and I mean, everyone is on a scooter.  There aren't really that many traffic signals at the intersections either, so you just have to slowly walk across the street so th…

***English version to come soon***Was een heerlijk luie dag vandaag. Na het vroege ontbijt en de overstap op de veel lelijkere boot dan die van ons (hehehe) zijn we weer voor enkele uren door die prachtige rotsen gevaren op weg naar Cat Ba eiland, als ik mij niet vergis het enige bewoonde eiland va…

What we signed up for:One night sleeping on a junk.Visits to various caves & Monkey Island.Sea kayaking.Fishing and then barbecuing the catch on the beach.One night in a hotel on Cat Ba Island.A trek around Cat Ba National Park.What we got:A ride on the junk to Hang Trong Caves and then to Cat …

Halong Bay is one of those places that you see in travel magazines or in glossy calenders and was on our "must do" list for Vietnam.  Our start from Hanoi could have been better as we leave in heavy rain and the bus to Halong City is packed full mainly with retired Germans compl…

Bon, je suis en retard et comme je reviens demain, c'est farfelu de vous decrire en long et en large la Baie d'Along.  En bref... ben c'est tout simplement magnifique!  Je manque de qualificatifs... alors choisissez ceux que vous voulez.  On a fait du kayak dans la baie, tranquille s…

We had a busy itinerary involving cycling, trekking, kayaking, and visiting Monkey Island and Cat Ba Island.  It would be an energy sapping day.    The junk docked on Cat Ba Island and we all had to select a cycle each.  Choosing a semi-functional bike proved quite an …

Last night we never sleep well again. The room on the boat is just too hot. No electricity supply after 2 am. Some of them even went to sleep on the deck. After the breakfast, we went to Cat Ba Island. There are nothing much on the island. I would just say bored. We went for a 2 hours treckki…

Om 07:30 uur zijn we alweer bovendeks. Het is vandaag minder mistig en het uitzicht op de karstgebergten is gelukkig wat beter. We zien vissersbootjes, drijvende huizen en viskwekerijen en mensen die hun bootje met de voeten roeien. Op een gegeven momnet komt er een roeibootje langszij, dat aan onz…

We stayed overnight at the Giang Son Hotel on Cat Ba Island. It was selected for us by the tour compay. Our hotel room was on the third floor at the front so, at dawn, we were able to watch boats in the harbour preparing to embark for the day's fishing. I believe the women in the sampans went aroun…

yo! r` u` donig folks? last monday when back from wonderful cat ba island me and my brother heiko were faced with a dilemma. basically , it was that i didn`t like to spend more days in hanoi. i just don`t like the place at all. pollution is rampant (most people go around with masks covering the…

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