Cat Ba Vacations, Cat Ba Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

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. with all the kids and us (older) boys jumping off different boat levels. great fun and perfect view a last brunch buffet and we were back in halong were we boarded the bus with everyone well fed ...

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 they can see you and drive around.  It takes some guts but you get used to it.  The other problem is they park their scooters on the sidewalks, so you end up having to walk in the road a lot...

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 the hotel where I had gotten my ticket. All I really knew was that my ticket was supposed to get me back to Hanoi and the first step was a bus ride. After that, I wasn't sure.I waited and waited and...

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 complaining loudly about the poor tour organisation.  Things improved significantly once we reach the harbour and are split into separate groups depending on our tour (day trip, 1 night or 2 ...