HaLongBay , Vietnam
Sorry guys for procrastinate for a long time ! By the way I'm back ! I'm here to update my travel in Vietnam. It's a must to visit this amazing places especially you like nature scenes.
I booked from the hotel - Golden Lotus Luxury Hotel.
You can choose the package 2 Days 1 Night , A day or 3 Days 2 Nights. I encourage 2 Days 1 Night if your itinerary still consider long. 1 Day is very pack because you have to sit from all the way from town , almost take one and a half hour to arrive here and then rush for lunch then whatever lol.
The view before we step in the small galaxy cruise. You can choose cheaper or expensive one but of course the food and activity services are different but basically is the same. Still can eat , sleep , play , visit places as well.
TIPS : As the tour guide has mentioned that when you see someone is selling mineral water or whatever on boat , please don't buy it as the water is mostly take from the lake.
I always love to experience everything that related to nature especially sea. How much time that we have keep our time playing our smart phone without realise that the world is changes.
What we can do in Ha Long Bay ? So let start our HA LONG BAY journey DAY ONE.
As we arrived the destination was noon time , so we had our lunch time on cruise. You could inform earlier to them if you had any food allergic especially seafood or beef. Of course I eat everything lol.
Before we started our lunch , let's have a small tour of our rooms. Pull open the curtains would see a huge views sight of sea , and I didn't have the photo to share because I forgot to take picture hahaha.
King size of bed , look so nice !
There was a air conditioner at room , if you felt warm , then open it. But after lunch , we had to go for other activities that include in the package.
Everything looked nice and great. They had prepared clean towel , soap and necessary things.
Tada , let's start our food tour lol.
TIPS : If I not recalled back wrongly , the food was include in the package but the drink was not. You have to pay extra for it.
Smooth and tender taste of fish meat.
Chicken breast fried with onion I thought ? Because I almost forgot every food name , but it was delicious so it was okay to get the name wrong lol.
Fried sweet potato ?
Fried wheat flakes shrimp.
Fried spicy cockle ( You can tell them if you don't want to eat spicy. )
Their Vietnamese style of rojak was very different from us. It tasted a bit sour and pickle. Our style more to sweet one right ?
Fried potato balls.
Pork fried with green onion.
Beef fried with vegetables.
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Last one definitely fruits.
There was a massage session but you had to pay for it and the fee was quite expensive.
( Sorry I forget to take picture and I'm not sure other cruise will has the same services )
We rest for a while and had the next activities : Kayaking in Halong Bay
It is a popular activity in Halong Bay. A lot of package tours include this on their itineraries. It was a fun , joy and adventurous while kayaking.
The tour guide helped everyone so that no one would hurt. If you didn't want to play , sit at the benches and waited for them to finish the whole session.
Next activities : Visit Titop Island at Dusk
Tada we arrived here around 4 pm. Evening scenes was romantic and colorful. I always love to walk along the coast , the cool wind breeze and sunrise shine tenderly.
Put aside your smart phone and social media for a day , enjoy the true of the nature.
Feel deep into the nature. Feel the wind breeze.
You could choose to swim in the sea or play the sand at beach. Make sure you brought enough clothes so that after playing you could change.
I had so much fun while seeing those people playing around and seeing muscular man lol. How long didn't I enjoy my personal time ? That'a why I love to travel and enjoy local things.
The scenes from the small boat while we were on the way back to cruise.
Felt so touching because it was too beautiful. I couldn't express myself how much I love it. After we back to the cruise , we took a bath and then had our dinner.
Pumpkin soup Oh My God , my favourite. It took time to cook it.
Their special rojak.
I think this is a type of vietnamese spring roll.
Fried potato meat curry.
Fried Meat ? Gosh I can't recall back properly.
Fried Chicken Onion.
Satay!
Fried Cabbage !
White Dragon Fruits !
After that we enjoy red wine at cruise balcony.
Fruits and Snacks.
The tour guide told the story and basically I couldn't remember one of them lol. ( okay I'm getting older. )
This is my day one , sorry that I don't write it when the memory still fresh. See this is the consequences. Do not procrastinate any travel and food blog post lol. Still have day two to write , the post full of photos and I lack of describe lol.
Info : The cruise that you book base on the level of cruise. Mine is cheaper around USD 50. You can book from local travel agencies or book from the hotel that you might have to pay extra fee for hotel. You also can told them what allergic so that they can jot down.
Please stay tune for day two!
With Love ,
Judith Khoo
