Sininen Says: After the lunch we were divided into two groups. Those who were taking one day trip took one boat and we who either took two or three-day trip took another. There were 13 of us on 'my' boat, which was a nice old boat with a roof, which protected us from the sun. There was a...
tuff Says: The Water front in Ha Long Bay itself was probably very nice in summer as I can tell by the numbers of “hotels” and bars along the beach. There were also lots of local restaurants, the interesting thing is the stores and restaurants do not turn the lights on (at least during...
briam60 Says: If you are planning on doing an overnight stay on one of the Junks that ply Ha Long Bay please heed the following.ALL of the Junks (some 100 of them) moor in close vicinity of one another for the night after cruising around the bay and visiting the surprising cave etc. On...
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Ha Long Night Market, which opens on daytime for the cruise ship. All the stalls at the market sell pretty much the same local products.
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MISTY AND MYSTERIOUS HALONG BAY

A cup of coffee and a slice of melon for breakfast and I was sitting and waiting for the bus to come and fetch me. The girl in Kim's Café had said to me that the bus would pick me up at 8.00 and it......
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Ha Long Bay is a world heritage UNESCO site and it contains 1969 islands within 1553 square kilometers. The scenery on a boat tour toward the islands was very impressive, upon close up to the...
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Ha Long Bay. This place is a World Heritage Site for a reason. Unbelievable. The ride up from Hanoi was roughly 4 hours via bus [Handspan Tours - solid outfit - they arrange Junk tours aboard the...
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