Blogs from Northeast, Vietnam, Asia - page 80

Au depart d'Hanoi, on s'est fait 2 jours d'excursion dans la baie d'Halong a bord d'un grand bateau Chinois en bois. Cette baie est consideree comme l'un des plus beaux sites du Vietnam avec ses 5000 iles de roche calcaire. Le paysage nous a beaucoup rappele Kraby en Thailande. C'est un peu l'usine ici. Etant le spot touristique de la region, il y a une foule de bateaux qui navigent autour des ces enormes rochers. On a traverse quelques villages flottants, visite une cave et fait une petite ballade en canoe. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- They say that Halong Bay is undoubtedly the natural wonder of Vietnam. The heritage site consists of 5000 small islands rising out of the emerald waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. Halong Bay is on the East Coast of Vietnam. I think it compares ... read more

The trip to Halong Bay was really awesome. We were feed 3 seafood feasts a day, so of course I was in culinary paradise the whole time. There was so much food that no one was able to finish except for our table because we dined with this French Guy, Florian, who has been working for an NGO in Mongolia for the past year so he is eating to make up for lost time. The Mongolian diet seems to be entirely made up of Yak dairy products and mutton. I don't think I'd do well there. I spent one night sleeping on a boat, which was actually less exciting than one would expect. Probably because I was tired and lamely went to bed before 9pm. Something about sea air just makes me tired. Plus there was ... read more

Saturday Uncle Arlyn and I took a trip to Ha Long Bay. The bus picked me up at the my Hotel at 7:30 AM and we were on our way! Ha Long Bay is about 120 miles northeast of Hanoi and is worth every mile. It wa s great trip, and we made many new friends from other countries. We were the only Americans on the bus, but we had great company with travelers from Belgium, France, Finland, England and South Korea. Once again, everyone spoke English. We had a really fun time with lots of stories and laughter. Ha Long Bay was Beautiful! Upon arrival we got on board about a 30-passenger boat, but there were only about 14 of us, so we had lots of room. It was a four-hour cruise, and we took ... read more

We’ve taken a four-hour bumpy bus ride out to the coast. The Vietnamese countryside is just as you would imagine - miles of endless rice fields with workers in colonial hats farming (they really do wear those hats everywhere). Lots of cattle and water buffalo roaming around. The roads are not as bad as we thought they might be, the biggest problem is the constant noise - even out of the towns, the locals beep their horns almost constantly for some reason (this keeps any sleep on the bus to a minimum unfortunately!) Anyway, HaLong Bay is fantastic - we both agreed it was one of the best natural wonders we have ever seen!! We spent today on a boat cruise sailing around the amazing islands. Rather worryingly, the local boats are known as ‘Junk Boats’ ... read more

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