Halong Bay Travel Blogs

I woke up with a hacking cough (sigh).  I really am not so unhealthy but you wouldn't be able to tell reading this particular travel blog.  A was a bit nauseous when she awoke due to motion sickness i think...  We had a nice breakfast (eggs, soft white toast, fruit and coffee) and th…

Here it goes.I will try my best to sum up the past few days into this little blog...It was Tuesday morning, I had booked my trip to Halong Bay but hadn't paid yet. I had 30 mins to eat a piece of bread(which will prove to be my stomach's savor later in this trip), get to the ATM that denied me the …

After two days at Hanoi i taked the bus direction halong bay 2 hours and half of road who take wonderfull stop to a compagnie to help indicap young person and i buy wonderfull stock there and it would be  a pleasure to help young community at this place!!!!!!!!!So we arrive at the port so we m…

On the 2nd day at Halong Bay, after Daniel's and Susana's dive in the cool Halong Bay water and our brunch on the Junk we headed for Handspan’s office where we arrived at 17:00. We were so tired we decided to return to the Hotel on Vietnamese rickshaws. After some tough negotiations we were o…

We get up early for the Halong Bay Tour at 7am... we had a choice of 2 different tours, one run by the Hanoi Backpackers Hostel, for $69 2day/1night tour.  The other was not run but the hostel, but they booked it for $40.  The only real difference was the fact was that the one run by the …

After conquering Mount Fancypants we have just enough time to sqeeuze in a well needed shower and a shitty massage before we head down to Lao Cai for the train to Ha Noi. While waiting for the train Anthony and I meet up again with fellow Rooftopper Leigh, who we met in Kunming. Ozzie Kath joins us…

Very early in the morning, we arrived in a dark and damp Hanoi. Not the best weather for our Halong Bay day! Roommate #2's mother was waiting for us at the hotel when we got there. She was joining us for the rest of the trip through Laos. In the hotel we took out clothes and toiletries for a night.…

Getting there is shocking. uncomfortable bus, trying to relax while driving on the wrong side of the road with trucks coming toward you :) also be prepared to hand over your passport and not see it for an hour or so, it seems a bit worrying  wiht so many boats, but they do it every single day…

This is the reason why i came to Vietnam. Yup, going to Halong Bay. I've already booked my Halong Bay tour packet only $69.50 in my hostel (http://hanoibackpackershostel.com/travel/rocklongrockhard) one day before. Gathered around in the lobby, the group has 15 person (including me) plus 1 guide. O…

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) Another early start was on the cards for a 3 day 2 night trip to Halong Bay and Cat Ba Island. When we arrived into Halong Bay, we w…

Even though I planned on waking up early to watch the sunrise over Halong, I didn't wake to my alarm. Thanks to the drinking the night before... and probably i really had a good sleep. Anyway, I did wake up to 30 mins before the scheduled breakfast with the rest of the group. Since our junk was pos…

Myself and Tina booked a 3 day tour of Halong Bay from Hanoi, it is apparently a lot more hassle to attempt to arrive at Halong City and then get on a boat tour from there. Halong Bay itself is a body of water in north Vietnam, east of the capital, Hanoi. The bay consists of a dense cluster of li…

***English version to come soon*** Goed geslapen deze nacht en heerlijk ontbeten in het hotel. Dan opgepikt door de bus en vertrokken naar de haven. We hadden terug onze mooie boot van de eerste dag dus dat was een meevaller, want de zon scheen door de dikke laag wolken heen en die nieuwe boot hee…

that's all you hear about when in Hanoi.Spent a day on a boat in Ha Long Bay. It is really beautiful. And really touristy.

This day, we had to set off early as the journey from Hanoi to Halong Bay takes close to 4 hours thus meaning you have to be prepared to spend 8 hours on the road. It is time not well spent right? On a holiday.. But there isn't much of choice. We booked this tour in advance with a local t…