Ha Long Bay

Halong Bay is very spectacular places on earth and is the 8th wonder of the world, located in Quang Ninh province in the Northest of Hanoi (Vietnam Capital), the bay is cover about 1900 islands, islets in variou shapes, sizes and colours jutting out from South China Sea.

You can easy to find details information, photos gallery, hotels and a wide range of cruises on the bay from bellow userful website:
http://www.halongbay-vietnam.com

Enjoy and cheers

John Collin from Australia

We visited Ha Long Bay in 2002, mid way through a year teaching English in Southern China. We arrived there after a rotten trip to Hanoi and it was a breath of fresh air. We booked our trip through the Kangaroo Cafe in Hanoi and I highly recommend doing it this way. We had a lovely clean and comfortable minibus from Hanoi, a great lunch on the way and a very smooth transfer onto our “junk” for the bay tour.

Our “junk” was a modern replica of the older boats doing the bay trade. It was all polished timber, beautiful dining room, fabulous top deck and a great crew who really looked after us. The sleeping quarters were tiny and airless, but it didn’t matter because most of us dragged mattresses onto the top deck and slept in the “1000 star hotel”.

Our tour of Ha Long Bay took us to some great photo spots, temples and swimming spots. The food on the boat was nothing short of incredible. We enjoyed ourselves thoroughly.

I would like to make a boat trip on the Halong Bay and moving through its 3000 odd limestone islands. The tiny islands are dotted with beaches and grottoes created by wind and waves, and have sparsely forested slopes ringing with bird tunes.

even in February, Halong Bay is wonderful, but chilly.

being pushed through a quiet ocean is a unique feeling. Surrounded by islands of limestone, inaccessable from there steep pitch, stopping in the evening and hearing absolutely nothing but the gentle breath of mother nature the soul of Vietnam.

Nice Nice.

But, a word of caution. Dont climb the Navy peak if the weather is not too good. It taxing on u.

Scenery is wowing.

That’s so great to sail all night there. You may need coat because it’s cold at night. Just lie on deck, feel the fresh air, above you is only sky and stars, around you is just water. It’s fab!

The sea is just as peaceful as a big lake. If you go to Halong in summer, you can swim. The water is cool and that feeling is so great.

Spend as long as you can here. Stay on a junk.

I want to experience sleeping in a traditional junk, like how my grandparents did, when they immigrate from Southern China to Malaysia back in those days. The thousands of limestones emerging from the water, is a sigh I would not want to miss.

Very beautiful sea site.