Halong Bay

During my stay in Vietnam I booked a two day cruise along the beautiful Halong bay.

From Halong Cruise day one

Halong is about 3hrs drive from Hanoi but when we got there we were greeted with lovely looking vessel. We had a couple of New Zealanders on board and the rest were Europeans. I haven't spoken to many Europeans in a long time so that was refreshing in itself. There were only 5 of us too so it was peaceful.

We got our food served, which consisted on mainly seafood but I was used to this. We had plenty to eat and it was all very nicely presented. The boat had lots of areas to take pictures and sit and relax as well as stay out the sun which was very hot out there.

From Halong Cruise day one

My cabin was nice and big enough for two with air conditioning and a fan.



We set sail through the many rocks in Halong and stopped in a bay.

From Halong Cruise day one

Here we could climb the cliff and go inside the cave.



After we got back to the boat we set sail through the bay once again.



It was so quiet and peaceful you could just relax and enjoy it. We arrived at a floating village and got into some Kayaks and headed to a beach where we could swim and enjoy the warm water. I got talking to some Koreans and played games in the water with them.

We set sail in the kayaks and rowed into the middle of one of the mountains. The water was still and the mountains were huge and quiet. You could hear the water lapping and a few birds chattering.

We got back to the boat just as the sun was setting for some food and drinks.

The next day we sailed back to the port for our three hour drive back to Hanoi.

From Cruise day two