Day 3
We booked our Halong Bay cruise through our Hotel. Bhaya Cruise was pretty good overall. We wanted a small cruise so that we won't be packed with a lot of people. The food on board was not 5 star but it was better than I had hoped for. The overall experience was relaxing. There was one little thing I wanted to complain about. Can they ban kids under the age of 12? My near perfect ending ended up with kids running up and down, left and right, playing catch or something... Sighs.
The day started with Bhaya Cruise's driver picking us up at our hotel. The driver picked up three other group of people before heading to Halong Bay. Half way to Halong Bay, we had a mandatory stop at a marble sculpture place for tourists. Guess it's normal to stop by these places anywhere you go these days.
The car journey took around 4 hours and we finally arrived at the place where the cruise ships are parked. We boarded the ship after waiting for the rest of the guests to arrive. The tour started with introduction to the ship, and itinerary for the day and a half. After lunch we went to a nearby floating village where the villagers rowed us around the island.
The boat that took us around the village
After the tour, it was free time to do whatever we wanted. Happy hour started at 5'ish where you get buy one get one free. Yay for us. We sat outside on the deck, sipped on our cocktail, felt the breeze in our hair, and watched the scene below go by. It was awesome.
Dinner was a three course western dinner and it was alright. Won't rave about it but nothing much to complain about. There were some activities after dinner but being the introverts that we are, we retreated back to our room and watched a few more episodes of Modern Family before going to bed. Lol.
Day 4
The next day started out early again. This time we are headed for one of Halong Bay's famous cave. Again, I didn't bring my camera.... It was quite a scene. I really should get the pictures from Kevin...
After a light lunch, it's back to mainland and time to go back to our hotel in Hanoi. Another four more hours of car ride. ><"By the time we got back to Hanoi it was already 4 5'ish. We decided to walk around for a bit and have some coffee, stumbling upon this coffee shop on the corner of a busy street. I love the coffee culture Vietnam has. People just sit around, chat, and watch the world go by. Wish there were more places like this here in HK...
One of my favourite combination - ice coffee with bread dipped in condense milk :)
Dinner was originally planned at Wild Lotus. We felt a little lazy and decided to skip it. Going to a nearby hotel for dinner instead. Food there wasn't anything extraordinary. Probably should have gone to Wild Lotus instead... ^^"
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