Tuesday, September 21, 2010
8:43 PM
2010 Vietnam Cambodia trip - Day 8, Halong Bay
We booked a day tour to halong bay with e local tour agency @ US$22 per pax (deluxe package) inclusive of kayaking. There's actually a cheaper non-deluxe one @ US$15 w/o kayaking, but we were told dat e deluxe one comes with a nicer boat (there's really tons of junk boats at the bay!), better seafood lunch and longer boat tour.
After a 3 hrs ride from Hanoi, we finally reached our destination. Halong Bay, literally means descending dragon bay, is a UNESCO world heritage site surrounded by limestones 500 million yrs old. The view here is actually quite similar to taiwan's taroko gorge, jus dat we r on waters. our junk boat took us on a ride through the bay, visiting e floating village, caves & of course kayaking through the little arches under the huge limestones. oh, e ride also feels similar to phuket's boat ride to james bond island!
one of e floating village~~ according to our guide, there's abt 100 families living here & e village is self equipped with a school, post office, etc.
our boat also brought us to this island where there are some caves with numerous stalactites & stalagmites. it's like being back to australia's jenolan caves, jus dat e stalactites & stalagmites r not as well preserved, but they hav better lightings. it's really smart to use colourful neon lights, makes e whole plc much more beautiful.
our seafood lunch~~
kayaking~~
sightseeing ard e bay on e boat~~
e famous kissing rocks~~ u'll see them appearing in a lot of photos promoting halong bay~~
there r packages wif 2D1N stay on e junk boat, but i tink a day trip will suffice for halong bay, unless u jus wan to r&r on e boat, go swimming, etc. or else there's really nothin much to see except limestones. ha!
We booked a day tour to halong bay with e local tour agency @ US$22 per pax (deluxe package) inclusive of kayaking. There's actually a cheaper non-deluxe one @ US$15 w/o kayaking, but we were told dat e deluxe one comes with a nicer boat (there's really tons of junk boats at the bay!), better seafood lunch and longer boat tour.
After a 3 hrs ride from Hanoi, we finally reached our destination. Halong Bay, literally means descending dragon bay, is a UNESCO world heritage site surrounded by limestones 500 million yrs old. The view here is actually quite similar to taiwan's taroko gorge, jus dat we r on waters. our junk boat took us on a ride through the bay, visiting e floating village, caves & of course kayaking through the little arches under the huge limestones. oh, e ride also feels similar to phuket's boat ride to james bond island!
one of e floating village~~ according to our guide, there's abt 100 families living here & e village is self equipped with a school, post office, etc.
our boat also brought us to this island where there are some caves with numerous stalactites & stalagmites. it's like being back to australia's jenolan caves, jus dat e stalactites & stalagmites r not as well preserved, but they hav better lightings. it's really smart to use colourful neon lights, makes e whole plc much more beautiful.
our seafood lunch~~
kayaking~~
sightseeing ard e bay on e boat~~
e famous kissing rocks~~ u'll see them appearing in a lot of photos promoting halong bay~~
there r packages wif 2D1N stay on e junk boat, but i tink a day trip will suffice for halong bay, unless u jus wan to r&r on e boat, go swimming, etc. or else there's really nothin much to see except limestones. ha!