Yet another world heritage site?
Deciding which tour to take, took Eva a long time – too many choices and even more warnings about scam tours made our life as hard as it can get while traveling the world. Only a few tours met our requirements. Our lovely host Linda (Hoi An) offered us our favorite tour (“Glory Cruise”) for a good price. The 3D/2N adventure started three days later.
Still a bit cautious we arrived at the harbour and were pretty amazed by our ship. It was new and luxurious. Cruising in luxury made it very easy to enjoy Halong Bay with its over 3000 majestic lime-stone islets. The weather was perfect – sunshine all day long but not too hot. Especially, the second day we were able to explore the bay without the crowds. Sally, Paul and the two of us had a whole ship for ourselves and a lot of fun while kayaking, sun-bathing and relaxing.
The whole trip was great (the research paid off) and way above our expectations:
A few of the lime-stone islets and some more impression around Halong Bay
A floating kiosk with everything you may need on a cruise: crackers, wine, cigarettes and much more
The four of us kayaking around the bay, visiting some floating villages and relaxing on a small beach
No chance of starving
Exhausted from kayaking and eating during our day trip
Eva’s best friend the captain – she spent 1 hour solving his excel issues
Our luxury cruise – pretty ok for backpackers
But everything comes to an end…
