Halong travel blog

Travel diary and stories about Halong bay

Halong Bay, on water and on land! It is for this reason that, taking advantage of a long weekend in Vietnam, we decided to go and discover this mythical bay, as well as its sister, the "land Halong Bay", less known but just as superb.
Moving deeper into Halong Bay We continued paddling past many more magnificent sites. Suddenly someone spots something moving on the cliff. It is a family of langurs, a primate (not a monkey) related to the lemur.
Smooth sailing in Halong Bay The drive to Halong City took 1.5 hours longer than it should have when there was an accident which banked traffic for miles in both directions so it was a good thing we decided not to take the boat the same day.
Farewell Halong Bay - Hello Hanoi There is a lot of boat traffic in Halong-Bay so if we began to sank hanceswere our mayday would be quickly answered. We pulled away and minutes later we were surrounded by hundreds of limestone...
Halong Bay and beyond: Adventures with Thuy Back on the boat for more cruising. A little while later, we ended up in a swimmable area, so a bunch of us jumped off the boat. The water was way warmer than the air, and it was a really fun time.
Halong Bay and goodbye to our group A while after lunch we boarded the small boat (attached to the back of our boat) for a quick ride to the Hang Sun Sot caves, which are a series of caves filled with stalactites and stalagmites and were very cool to see.