We had a day in Hanoi before departing for Halong Bay, a spectacular UNESCO World Heritage site. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. Ha Long Bay is a center of a larger zone which includes Bái Tử Long bay to the northeast, and Cát Bà islands to the southwest. A community of around 1,600 people live on Hạ Long Bay in four fishing villages: Cửa Vạn, Ba Hang, Cống Tàu and Vông Viêng in Hùng Thắng commune, Hạ Long city. They live on floating houses and are sustained through fishing and marine aquaculture.
Welcome to Halong Bay
It’s hard to describe just how wonderful Halong Bay is, here are a few more photos which will give you an idea, to be honest the only way to really understand is to experience it for yourself:
Halong Ginger welcoming committee
Dinner aboard the Halong GingerWe spent 24 hours on the Halong Ginger cruising around the bay stopping off at some of the main sites, this was an experience never to be forgotten. The service on board was exceptional, the food was delicious, and its hard to express in words just how wonderful this part of the trip was. Our evening meal was a barbecue on the deck, obviously it goes with out saying that the food was wonderful. However it was the setting that made this meal perhaps the most special of our honeymoon. It’s hard to describe just how incredible it was to be sitting on deck, on a wonderful evening as dusk descended watching the islands go by, it really was the perfect romantic setting and one we’ll both never forget.
