Five best experiences in Ha Long

With thousands of islands was made by nature. Halong bay was seen as one of the most 10 romantic destinations in 2014.

Come to Halong bay, tourists should experience more exciting activities such as admiring Halong bay through a  Halong bay cruise‘s window, visiting Vung Vieng fishing village, kayaking and enjoying meals with international standards.

Admiring Halong bay through a cruise’s window 

Should not take day trip as usual, you should try to join in a Halong bay cruise. These cruises are usually follow a fixed itinerary that you can stay overnight on cruise. From your room on cruise, you just can lie on your bed and admire at stunning nature of rocky islands and beautiful water color. You should not miss to welcome dawn in early morning or admire sunset moment.

Visiting Vung Vieng - the most beautiful fishing village in Halong bay

The first activity of Halong bay cruises is usually visiting Vung Vieng fishing village. Guests will have an opportunity to learn more about the culture and life of the fishermen. Among the chaos of spectacular natural sceneries, vung Vieng appear magically and showing up an area with many simple houses floating on water and bright painted roof colorful boats.

Kayaking

Exciting activity in Halong tours is kayaking among blue water and thousand islands of the bay. Each kayak can contain two people, you can easily use paddle to go to any corner of many islets in Halong bay.

Enjoying sunset on bay

The sundeck is the most beautiful space for you. Halong Bay will appear close and glamour from there. As if you would touch the "fireballs" is setting down in the horizon; As if you could embrace Halong bay nature and fresh air.

Enjoying meals with international standards

In one tour, the menu includes a rich variety of seafood meals, buffet or BBQ of fresh seafood. It's interesting that you can both enjoy both Asian and European dishes being processed by skillful chefs on Halong bay cruise and just look at undulating rocks in the jade green waters. Currently, to visit Halong bay, tourist often book a Halong bay cruise to enjoy both stay and cuisine in Halong bay.

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Carnival Ha Long 2014: Sea culture is main key

Carnival Ha Long – “brand” of Quang Ninh tourism is expected to take place at 27- 4, is one of the major events to celebrate 50th anniversary of establishment of the province. Carnival this year with the theme “Discover colorful local culture” will maximize identity, cultural values of ethnic, cultural potential - of the tourism regions to invite friends, visitors from near and far come to Ha Long - Quang Ninh. With many new features, Carnival Ha Long 2014 promises attractive for visitors from near and far.

Accordingly, the script program will focus on exploiting deep, vivid colors of the local culture with a professional cast of about 400 people, not professional actors around 4,000 people. The program includes: opening ceremony, performing arts, programs Carnival parade and fireworks.
This year BTC will increase 4 LED screen outside for people to track. The stage program was designed as an open space, simple but meaningful, expected capacity crowd of about 8,000 seats.
A new feature of the 2014 Carnival Ha Long Bay is the location. Previously, street festivals are also held in Bai Chay ferry lines along the old, this year will move to the new location Hoang Quoc Viet street, Hung Thang Ward ( Halong City ), where there are large spaces, wide-open space, the viewer is not restricted as the old location. Reportedly, the biggest drawback is that the electrical infrastructure of the province is expected to be mobilized to invest long-term use for the next year.
“Carnival this year will explore broader, deeper cultural values of indigenous peoples colorful Carnival Ha Long in 2012 but has not made conditional. The blocks show, themed group show introducing colorful cultural regions combined performances and original art at a higher level of the value of intangible cultural characteristics of the ethnic ...”- Mr. Hoang Quoc Thai, Deputy Director of Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, writer confirmed Carnival Ha Long 2014. Speaking about the first time decided to empower provincial “commander” the script and the director of human “internal”, he said: “This year, the idea of the professional crew are free upon now, do not depend on others. Indigenous cultural values and how much, we will try to push up all the way.
According to the draft script Carnival Ha Long 2014 street festival will be a performance of almost continuous hours on “stage” on the big 2km in length with 4,000 participants’ shows. As such, visitors will enjoy during Carnival this way rather than just watch in the stands and neighborhood centers as last year. At the same time, the proportion of people participating Quang Ninh in the Carnival will show up near 90 %. In addition to the big screen for stage decoration, this year there will be 4 instead of 2 large screen displays as last year installed along this road to serve the residents and visitors can see the total communication programs through direct TV. The art form can present Carnival this year like last year, including performing arts (singing, dancing, music) on stage combined street festival (the float, dance, folk performances of peoples, regions and cultures ...) but go into specific content are also new features. As art programs will be on stage sounding mainstream, through Halong sea is colored with expected items such as Screen Theater, dance “Coal Sea”, the song “Halong night Sea”, “Time of the song written on Ha Long Bay”, “Beach memories “and so on. Here, visitors will encounter a lot of singers who become famous for singing, back to Quang Ninh. The international team will be alternating performances: China, South Korea, the Philippines, and Laos...

Biggest Highlights, most awaited by tourists in the street festival this year will feature 10 floats model, the volume electric express Quang Ninh tourism resources associated with 8 themed “The Colors culture “. In the block performance, professional actors perform the art of folk performances as well as the “core “of the block performance, local non-professional actors perform folk performances, folk games in the original staged on the basis of artistic and cultural reproduction part. Especially this year, Carnival is expected to take place on a uniform background music based on the musical material development of ethnic and folk seamlessly harmonizes with modern music material.

In particular, the theme of “Colors of the Dragon” dragon down to the legendary Ha Long is also the desire of the earth dragon flying up in the new Olympics. On the topic of human resources emphasis today Quang Ninh, along with restructuring the “Spring Festival opera village” shows the origin of the Red River civilization where industrial land, typical of the island province. Theme “Colors of Wonders” introduced beautiful scene and legendary specialty of Ha Long Sea and also introduced the original inhabitants of ancient and modern Halong. Theme “Colors festival “emphasizes cultural tourism potential, rich festival of the province. Visitors can see here many unique festivals as well as a number of traditional games in the Spring Festival in Quang Nigh.
Then, on the theme “Colors of Sea Island” is the highlight tone “Type harsh” for old people fishing the sea, the swimming competitions in the village unique brush sea and ceremony “bride” - a special cultural activities, private Ha Long sea fishermen ... But the theme of “Colors of fire rocks”, “reminds visitors of the province's major natural resource is coal, associated with the life of miners. The unique features of the intangible cultural heritage of Quang Ninh continue to be bold in the next two themes as “Colors indigenous” and “Colors of spiritual culture”. In particular, the outstanding value of the Truc Lam Yen Tu Zen and many folk cultural activities of ethnic minorities in the area. Theme “International Colors” last appearance in the sense of European call friends come to Ha Long.

By this time, along with the script, the part of the preparations for this year's Carnival began boot. Let's hope the other ideas being realized Halong Carnival 2014 will become a real product attractive, elevate brand for tourism in Quang Ninh.

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Long Beach - pristine and poetic beauty

Located on the shores of beautiful Bai Tu Long Bay, Bai Dai beach stretching almost 2km, with sloping sandy shores and clear waters can be seen through the bottom.
You can visit this bay by joining a Halong bay tour. Long Beach is a beach named in the list of the area's beautiful beaches north of Long Beach ( Van Don ) attracts tourists by the wild and romantic that many other beaches is no longer present Come on ... summer , visitors can stroll along the beach to hear the sound of whispering waves while watching the charming picture of Bai Tu Long Bay.

Glamorous beach with unspoiled natural beauty, called Long Beach.
Long Beach is not only pristine beaches and romantic , to Long Beach , visitors also have the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the quiet of the pleasant resort , with beaches system , restaurant , hotel is divided into 4 zones : 3 floors , 2 -story , office and bamboo Village , with more than 100 guest rooms .

With poetic landscapes, wooden train bridge is also one of the highlights of Long Beach, a place not to be missed by young photography enthusiasts and couples come to take wedding photos. Also, with the tourists love to explore , from here also can depart by boat to visit Bai Tu Long Bay, or the beautiful island with forest ecosystems , abundant sea as Ngoc Vung , Quan Lan , Minh City Chau or visit the Cai Bau temple - one of two Buddhist monastery in Quang Ninh.

Not content with what was there , now Long Beach resort is promoting human resources development , infrastructure , diversify the types of services aimed at rebranding , sustainable development , commensurate the potential that natural gift . It is known that this resort is still in the investment phase continues to completion.

To visit Halong bay, you can join a Halong bay tour. Currently, Gray Line Halong is offering many hot deals and promotion packages for Halong bay cruise. Please visit Gray Line Halong official website to get further details and contact us at contact@graylinehalong.com to have access to the best cruising services.

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Halong unique cuisine

Visitors to Quang Ninh usually only know the information about the bay, the discovery of the cave and spent the night on halong bay cruise. Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh in particular and in general there is many excellent culinary specialties, salty flavor of the sea.

1. Roasted squid ball with sticky rice

Dish of steaming sticky rice with squid ball looks attractive. Sticky rice is new and squid ball is crunchy and tough. The seller squid ball in Ha Long said that the sea level but also how to make the most delicious rolls toner cartridge must be fresh, new fishing in the sea area of Ha Long, the new meat aroma and flavor. It is hand- pounding levels for long and crunchy rolls. Grilled squid is picky fire; so as to keep the fire were fried, not too big and not too small. Patties are delicious fragrant nose tingle from the start to be dropped into the oil pan. Rolls are fried until golden, then take out and drain the oil. Grilled squid most delicious when dipped in pure fish sauce by sprinkling pepper feel like a new flavor of it all.

2. Squid ball with rice paper rolls

It is the cake with squid is rolled with rice paper, look clear minced meat, mushrooms, black fungus inside, fly steaming aroma of shrimp paste, onions. People eat a piece of cake to pick up the book, together with a little parsley, a slice of fried squid ball just running hot and cumbersome yellow, all embedded in amber sauce bowl constant waves crossed red peppers . The combination of excellent rolls is familiar with squid ball Halong make a dish taste very attractive sea.

Visitors can taste the squid ball rolls in the theater shop near Bach Dang , Ha Long City, Quang Ninh, now served from morning until noon, or spring rolls her ink Bank Tower Tree City, Hong Gai, Ha Long City.

3. Sam Quang Yen

The main ingredients are meat, sea Sam, it can process a lot of different dishes, such as crab pudding, crab salad, fried sweet and sour crab legs, crab sautéed peppers discharge, fried eggs with Sam, fried eggs leaf node sam, sam steamed, fried breaded sam , sam cartilage grilled, fried vermicelli sam ... sam meat dishes are delicious sea, visitors to Quang Ninh should not miss this special.

4. Ngan ( a kind of scallops )

Ngan can be processed as many dishes: Grilled, steamed, cooked porridge, stir-fry with noodles or vegetables. Generally known as the bored but not bored at all. With the male visitors often fed alcohol quiche dish. Alcohol bored very own scented sea.

These dishes from bored quite common in restaurants and cafes in Ha Long, Quang Ninh.

5. Sá Sùng ( a special animal in Halong )

Most specialty rare species and is quite expensive Sá Sùng, only in Quan Lan Island - Pearl (Van Don, Quang Ninh ).  Sauteed fresh Sá Sùng with fresh garlic is a unique rustic coastal people of Ha Long. Roasting brings devotees dry, yellow when ripe, fragrant odor, a bold succulent fragrance of the sea. Devotees dotted with roasted chili , extra points lettuce , herbs and drink the beer would be great ...

Devotees are rare as the price is very high, a charged nearly 4 million/kg.

Evening meals can be reached at Youth Night Market in Bai Chay tourist site , Halong City.
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The summer touristic Islands

Summers traveling the country always interesting. But perhaps beneath brilliant sunshine, blue sky and, the island being cuddled by the blue sea, deserted sandy beaches are comforted by the waves ... is the ideal places.

Vietnam’s long coastline to owning so many beautiful islands. There are places became familiar rendezvous every summer, there was a deserted place waiting to be discovered footsteps. So, in addition to the familiar island like Phu Quoc ( Kien Giang ) or Tuan Chau ( Quang Ninh ) or Pearl of Vietnam ( Nha Trang ) ... know how much longer the pristine island awaiting other interesting you.

Cat Ba Island, Hai Phong

Located in the south, off the city of Hai Phong and Quang Ninh province, the center of Hai Phong city about 30km, Cat Ba has long been known as an ideal tourist destination of northern summer.

Currently, there are many ways to be able to come to Cat Ba. Travelers with itineraries can go a long cruise on Ha Long Bay and Cat Ba to. It can take speedboat or hydrofoil (every day flights) from Ben Binh (Hai Phong) to come here. And if you love the freedom to explore, can they go through the road from Hai Phong Dinh Vu ferry, traveling at Cat Hai before others followed a ferry ride from the ferry to Cat Hai Ben Got to Cat Ba.

You can rent a fishing boat or a local train to travel straight into the sea. Boats you can round Lan Ha Bay and scenic delight until he found a deserted sand to anchor the pleasant, swimming, relaxing, resting and propped waves and clouds . If you love sports, you can also rent a kayak and paddle yourself walking around the island to enjoy an unforgettable summer of fun.

Quan Lan Island, Quang Ninh

Belongs to the Bai Tu Long Bay, Quan Lan is one of the rare islands remain untouched beauty.

From Ha Long, you can go to Quan Lan cruise ships or passenger trains can go from Hon Gai wharf. Add an option anymore easier as you go directly to Ben Van Don Van Don district, Quang Ninh Quan Lan to go, only took about 2 hours. If your expenses vibrate more, possibly hired a high -speed motor boat, enjoy canoeing thrills when walking around Bai Tu Long before you set foot on Quan Lan.

Quan Lan Island even more amazing because there is also an old temple was built in the 17th century - that Le Dynasty - nearly 400 years ago that still retained almost intact the beauty of the architecture and patterns delicate carvings.

Cu Lao Cham , Quang Nam

Island Tan Hiep commune, Hoi An Town, Quang Nam Province, Cu Lao Cham is attracting visitors per day for cool space quiet, unspoiled landscapes and still dreaming to own a style of flora and fauna great wealth.

In Hoi An, you can buy a ticket from the tour any unit with the same price 250000-350000 / train tickets, depending on the quality and meals included. Adventurous, you can buy tickets to go canoeing, more expensive, but only 45 minutes to arrive was this fascinating island.

Here, scuba diving or snorkeling and swimming snocker activity that most people love. Under the sea water blue pearl, coral reefs iridescent shimmering colors on the bottom of the sea as you enjoy exploring this discovery to others. On the deserted beach, you can buy a little seafood of local fishermen and processing spot to enjoy. There are many types of shellfish and fish enough for you to have a delicious meal.

Cu Lao Cau , Binh Thuan

Compared to the other islands, Cu Lao Cau perhaps even more pristine. And few know where this is a “museum “with numerous rock island surrounded wish shapes, creating fascinating scenery amazing.

From Phuoc Fitness, Tuy Phong district, Binh Thuan province, you can ask to hire a fishing boat for 700000-1 million to the Cu Lao Cau. Canoes are moving faster, cost 1.8-2 million including a trip to go on. But those who love to explore the love boat fishermen bring sense than just floating on the waves, but you can also admire and take pictures.

Swimming, fishing, walking in the Cau Island is also great because it was too wild. If you are lucky to meet one of the fishermen catch less fish is fresh or fresh squid, you can purchase for processing immediately and enjoy. However, you need to prepare food from the land with fresh water for your trip. The island also has no place to stay , only a small border stations, so if you want to spend the night in here to watch the early morning sunrise, you must register in advance with the head of the station.

Con Dao, green paradise

A peaceful land and fresh, an island where the wind and waves are always generous, proud and romantic, it is Con Dao recent years been seen as green paradise in the summer.

Blue sea surrounds the island, and cheerfully embraces wind on foot through each step. At Dam Trau beach, blue water and calm as a lake. Being around those green mountains cuddled, this beach becomes gentle as a girl or it. Jasmine and flat sandy beaches, calm sea and lush green exotic.

Walking around Con Dao, refreshing feeling more and more. Just rent a bike at the local, refill the fuel tank can be painted aqua vu traveling. After you visit the Hang Duong cemetery , her grave Vo Thi Sau, visit her shrine concubines Hoang Phi Yen, you can iron on horseback roamed the Shark nose, nasal Ta Con Dao Sea Concrete to look at other perspectives together.

When hungry, can look to the restaurant here and call her famous breasts snail dishes or grilled fish box specialties cow Con Dao will see their trip as far more interesting.

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Three interesting experiences when travelling in Halong bay

1. Kayaking to admire Halong

If traveling Ha Long that visitors do not experience the journey of discovery through the Bay by kayak is the absolutely pity. When sitting on a small kayak paddle on medium brandishing blue waters, just admire nature, it is simple but also very interesting. Guests will feel as communication between thousands of islands, between heaven and earth vast, lost in fairyland and forgot the way.

In 2000, National Geographic Adventures magazine has voted Ha Long Bay is one of 25 tourist destinations top kayak world. In many places Halong kayak rental (at the cruise terminal, the island), price is 100,000 - 200,000 VND / hour depending on boat type 1, 2 or 3 seats.

2. Discovering fishing village 

Far away from the shimmering light, the luxuries of the city center, leaving from the hectic life of urban place, the fishing village in Halong is peaceful, healthy, worth to be destination for business and leisure travelers. To experience this activity can be cooperative fishing villages in Ha Long with Vung Vieng fishing village, Cua Van fishing village, Ba Hang fishing village ... You can rent boats at Halong cruise terminal.

 Coming to the fishing village to witness the sea life of the fishermen, was hand fishing and seafood processing fresh, dropping his soul according to Ha Long waves clouds will help visitors add new perspectives, new discoveries about the place seemed very familiar this.

3. Staying overnight in Junk

For guests- Vietnamese travelers, we often choose to stay at hotel. But now there are lot halong bay cruises that can help you stay perfectly as Gray line Sails, Poseidon Sails.

Cruise ship like a miniature hotel, there is also a separate room, with clean bedding, air conditioning and a private bathroom. Interestingly, guests can just relax right in your own room, but when the opening of the window you will see the mountains, river and mountain grandeur, you can see the fish, the jellyfish are swimming right under the door book your room on the ship and when night comes, visitors can watch the stars on the deck, watching the beach at night.

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Enjoy “Ngan” - A kind of local seafood like clam near Bach Dang river.

“Ngán” is a kind of the local seafood like clam. However, it looks bigger than clam with white rough shell due to living under deep sand.
Ngan is a nutrient-rich food. Its meat is full of quality protit, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins and minerals needed for the body.

In its season, the fishermen often have to step deeply in sand in order to take it out. Even its name is Ngan- Meaning depress in english however it is not like its name, it is famous for a unique delicious food in Halong with good smell and rich nutrients.

Ngan is catched or purchased then put in clean water into a pot and place in a pot of rice water, or soak in warm water for 2-3 hours and then they release sand. From processing ducks can be delicious and nutritious dishes is processed into so many different dishes like boiled Ngan, grilled Ngan, Ngan salad, Ngan noodles ... Ngan is prepared in the way have different flavor but perhaps more impressed with Ngan wine.

After hitting and being washed, Ngan is opened and take a bowl to catch the water and meat sections. Ngan’s meat should be washed with the water main to not get bored and keep your blades fresh. Most people are tired of that wine is made simpler but only the indigenous people know how the new gourmet Ngan wine.

Shortly after the pre-processing clean drop brought directly into the glass and then buffing it with chopsticks for the secretion of bile Ngan, bored reaction with alcohol and water bluish color turns pink wine. This is how most delicious Ngan wine processing and commonly known as the bored folk pudding. An excellent wine fed to ensure indescribable smell fragrant and spicy taste of wine, taste sweet, honest bored of it swirled in a glass of Ngan wine.

Appetizers of customers are grinding if men drink more afraid of life, we can warm up before drinking alcohol.

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A trip discovery Coto island

I often imagined an image of a small island, one of the islands most remote lands in the Gulf of Tonkin, is playing with sides between the vast waves. Places that I have repeatedly detected on the administrative map, had wished to visit even if just once. And today, he has a chance to take Halong bay tour to discover this place.

We're out in a quiet summer day silent sea. Halong bay cruise departs at 13h30.I can feel sunny bright, salty of the sea and the cool of the wind. The ship glide smoothly over the water in countless shining silhouetted cliffs heaving rocks in the bay. After the two-hour journey, the waves pass illustrious place in the league, holding onto the solid concrete block piers, I’ve actually set foot on land Coto.

Other than what I ever imagined, Coto town also is busy and crowded like a land where the town. Just across the street along with stretches of concrete road clean. It houses permanent closely and spacious. It has grown to several high-rise hotels with modern architecture style. There are other affordable only by the scenery that is placed very close to the coast, where the waves of the Tonkin Gulf rushing around in white socks shore. By exuberance and intimate hand held, the district leaders of Coto gave us the unforgettable first impression about a real welcome open, like the warm feeling of a relatives back home rather crestfallen feeling of the first guests to visit the island.

It is pure Vietnamese names, associated with daily activities of the people and said to form part of each island featured this place. They are scattered, curved bow under, over 60km from the mainland, near the International Maritime. Therefore, it is possible for Coto islands as solid walls keep the sea side town northeast of the country that the Creator has given us favor.

Conversely history, Coto ancient name is Mountain man, was a long time residence of fishermen boats Northeast. This place is really crowded inhabitants from 1832, when Nguyen Cong Tru in the position of General Director of Hai An (Hai Duong - An Quang) has applied to the Nguyen dynasty established villages, appointed the rule. This is the first village - Huong Hoa village. Shortly after, the tax collectors and the Nguyen Huong Hoa build forts guarding the sea invaders. Over the French colonial period, many times split into the districts of Quang Ninh, 1994, Coto district was founded. Once established, the district has only 2,050 people, up to now the number has increased to nearly 6,000 people, including five ethnic groups: Kinh, San Diu, Muong, Tay and Hoa.

On the first district split, stacked difficult difficulties that people dread another mouth saying “yellow flies, beetles dogs, Coto wind”. Yet also withstand and overcome, so now, these “trifle” was worth nothing. Perhaps he was easy to open up more to share with our concerns about the difficulties still ahead.

Along with the general difficulty as all the other islands of the country, Coto has fresh water resources. In this region, annual precipitation is less; saline aquifers unusable, the entire fresh water needs of people are looking into these reservoirs with little reserve. Therefore, solving this problem has been posed many challenges to the leadership and the people here. At the same time, electricity demand is also indispensable in modern life.

After meeting with district leaders, the first point we want to visit the ruins of Uncle Ho monument. This is the first monument of Physicians and is also the only monument erected Uncle allowed from when he was alive. Uncle stood, tall and eastern sea front, facing west and waved his hands held high. Does she want you to Uncle oriented view of the South China Sea? Or Uncle want people Coto always loving towards capital? This Doctor would say, we can not understand in overnight, but take a look at the content clearly anniversary plaque : 8 am on 9-5-1961, the helicopter landed where this included presidents visited Ho Chi Minh people's Co To Island ... Well, at that time , the North was sprawled in the reconstruction of the country, the South is still the hot days of struggle rated U.S. to pursue imperialist independence completely, then the person aside worries that much to come here untidy made us even more once again impressed by the vision of a genius leader.

The next day, the Head District Party Committee Propaganda Department took us on a tour around the island. Just go, he has presented to us thoroughly on the lives of her children. Taking advantage of the terrain located in offshore areas of the Gulf of Tonkin, between a large fishing with the country's focus on an area of 300km2, where people often say: “Step foot is off ", living all jobs weak people come here is the sea. Co Sea is blessed with many precious products such as pearls, spiny lobsters, sea urchins, abalone ... and nearly 1,000 species, including 60 species of high economic value, with large reserves, fishing is often the object, such as red snapper, but, grouper, collection, birds, smelt, herring, silver cheek or molluscs: abalone, clams, oysters, snails ... Especially lately, with jellyfish lasted for 3 months each year, fishermen were able to get rich on their home waters by the income from hundreds of millions to billions per season. Sea by clinging, harnessing the power of reason and its advantages, people have gradually Co out of poverty, building economic stability, stability. The model of the rural economy is gradually confirmed the success of the movement and the construction of new rural development.

Not only are blessed to produce, Coto also been given a unique wild beauty: green sea always in here, white sand beaches, smooth, gentle stretching untouched sight. Anyone coming here will not forget the feeling of euphoria float when immersed in water where the Red beach still, still running, in Van ... If the beautiful coral reef hidden away under the clear waters other far infatuated travelers make fun diving with the gentle slopes to the other people fascinated by the quiet beauty of primeval forests are preserved almost intact. Casuarina groves as green contours breaker compartment. And particularly we are impressed with trees play in Dong Tien. It's a familiar crop has just strange. Quen is because at first glance, it is identical to the banyan tree, also has a towering original, rough, also the father of interlaced as the giant snake wrapped around the main body. But a closer observation noticed the difference though is very small but it was enough to create its own special features.

This is its leaves, smaller leaves and rugged than most. He is the father of both interlaced as carved out from the stem, powerful plug deep underground, down the rocks, again just like the long arm reaching up from the ground, and then clustered together to produce a synergy, support for spreading canopy pride, soar. Is it only in Coto new broom, or it alive somewhere else, I do not know. Just know that, as he stood looking at it, the plant suddenly evokes in me the life, health cling fiercely on an island between the immense seas waves coincide. Suddenly I remembered the name of a mass movement to protect national security with the theme: “Keep peaceful island”, is a movement that has been done people Coto very positive and productive results. It turns out that in this place, peaceful aspirations and determination to defend the sovereignty of islands not only ingrained in the consciousness of every human being, but it also seems like the instincts of a species of plant in the world he seems to stand.

Three days in Coto, no more to be able to fully understand and deeply all, but enough to have an overview and more clarity on the remote islands of the country.

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Luon Cave – Luon Grotto

Situated on Bo Hon Island, 14 km south of Bai Chay Beach is the Luon Grotto. In front of the grotto is Con Rua Islet, and the Sky Gate is on the right. Here the cliffs stretch vertically out of the pure blue and smooth water. At the water-level, an arched entrance leads to the grotto, just at the base of the island. Passing through the pretty entrance, you come across a tranquil round lake, surrounded by luxuriant trees and high dangerous stone walls. Monkeys run to and fro in groups, benjamin fig trees shade the landscape and many orchids hang their sweet-scented flowers. In the lake, many species abound: shrimp, fish, crab and scuttle-fish.

This is an enclosed group of islands. It connects with the sea via a 4-meter-wide, 100-meter-long, and 3-meter-high mouth. Inside the grotto, the 1-km2 brackish lake is surrounded by mountains. On the cliff one still find traces of fossils of fresh-water snails, which prove that men used to live there and this must have been a deep valley then.
The beauty of the site is the mingling of a number of factors: the mountain’s size and form, the color of the water and the clouds.

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Make a plan to travel Halong bay

Travel Planning: 

For many visitors, they feel regret for a short tour. So if possible, you should choose the Halong bay cruise program 3 days 2 nights to discover many interesting place in Halong. If you are a large group of friends, family or colleagues, you should hire an entire boat. You will be taking a lot of interesting activities during the trip: the collective activities (team - building), kayak competition, swim brush, cooking contest, visit floating villages, caves. If you want to have an anniversary to life with dinner on cruise, floating on, or dreaming on the beach, you will never feel regret for this choice.

Weather: 

European Tourists often come to Vietnam in the winter from December to April when the weather is more about 10-20 degrees because they have more vacation at this time. But the best weather to visit is April, or September 5, 10 longer by the day, blue sky, pleasant weather, visitors can swim, enjoy the morning sunrise or sunset late afternoon.

License: 

Currently, the Management Board of Ha Long Bay tightly controlled tour boats, staying on the bay. You can book tours through hotel, tour operators provide the necessary information on passports, identity cards before you go. Then the company will help your yacht registration information with the administration department immigration-Quang Ninh police. Every day, the port authority board will be based on specific weather conditions decided to put the yacht are operating or not. Normally the yacht bay and overnight visits are 6:30 am -level command. With overnight cruise on the bay, the captain will permit and vessel registration point for sleep management. In case you do not supply port command to sleep, you will have a choice in Ha Long wait for better weather the next day to go sightseeing and driving to or tour guides will take you back to Hanoi. In such cases, tour operators, cruise will make arrangements for your reasonable schedule.

Itinerary: 

Depending on conditions, as well as pockets of time, you can choose for themselves the various itineraries. With day cruise visiting the bay, you can set the program to visit 4, 6 or 8 hours. Most yachts are from Bai Chay wharf and takes about 45 minutes from Bai Chay to popular attractions such as Palace Cave, Wooden cave, Titop Island. With yacht overnight, you have no still the choice: If you need a private space, freedom journey comfortable you can choose 2 separate vessels room. Certainly the staff friendly, professional service style training and managed by foreigners, you will experience the most wonderful. With 2 times recognized by the UNESCO as a world natural heritage by highlighting the global value of the natural landscape in 1994 and the value of science in geology, geomorphology 2000, Ha Long Bay was a scenic, a leading tourist destination in the country. It has been attracting large number of tourists to Ha Long in particular and Vietnam in general; increase the amount of foreign currency, tourism investment attraction, creating great opportunities for tourism development as well as tourism in Quang Ninh. The advantages it also poses challenges for Bay Management Board should promote the management, conservation, promotion and exploitation of heritage values - the world's natural wonders of Ha Long Bay, focusing more advanced investment quality, quality tourism activities, as well as the diversity, abundance and sustainability of tourism products to Halong Bay forever worthy of that title.

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Explore Halong bay

Majestic but charming, seductive and mysterious. It is the first to feel the beauty that nature has bestowed on the bay. Halong Bay can be said to own the spectacular natural scenery in Vietnam. Looking down from on high, bays including thousands of islands, gather place, gravitate together, and place the individual stands dotted creating interesting. The limestone mountains, the rolling stone arch silhouetted against the blue sea water lagoon, a moment steep cliffs reappeared, bringing tourists to explore the cave but strangely peaceful or letter the stretch of sparkling white sand, gentle.

Just like the cartoon character, caves are named with various shapes: Turtle Islet, Joss-stick bow island, Sung Sot cave, Trinh Nu cave. Sitting on a sailboat or speedboat bobbing on the bay, watching visitors spoiled the carpet caves and hanging neon green, engrossed in the beauty of the forest and the sea interwoven. Weaving between the limestone walls as vertical between immense seas, when we could not feel all the beauty of the paradise river, sky, the new series of the landscape opening up for tourist’s customers, leading us all too interesting surprises. Especially in the spring, the weather will be cold and Halong covered landscape drizzle made dim bobbing on the bay, like the first scene between the human realms.

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Majestic but charming, seductive and mysterious. It is the first to feel the beauty that nature has bestowed on the bay. Halong Bay can be said to own the spectacular natural scenery in Vietnam. Looking down from on high, bays including thousands of islands, gather place, gravitate together, and place the individual stands dotted creating interesting. The limestone mountains, the rolling stone arch silhouetted against the blue sea water lagoon, a moment steep cliffs reappeared, bringing tourists to explore the cave but strangely peaceful or letter the stretch of sparkling white sand, gentle.

Just like the cartoon character, caves are named with various shapes: Turtle Islet, Joss-stick bow island, Sung Sot cave, Trinh Nu cave. Sitting on a sailboat or speedboat bobbing on the bay, watching visitors spoiled the carpet caves and hanging neon green, engrossed in the beauty of the forest and the sea interwoven.

Weaving between the limestone walls as vertical between immense seas, when we could not feel all the beauty of the paradise river, sky, the new series of the landscape opening up for tourist’s customers, leading us all too interesting surprises. Especially in the spring, the weather will be cold and Halong covered landscape drizzle made dim bobbing on the bay, like the first scene between the human realms.

Coming here, tourists have the opportunity to discover the pearl farms located in between the towering limestone cliffs and watch the locals fishing nets traditionally looked away as the spider neglected.
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Majestic but charming, seductive and mysterious. It is the first to feel the beauty that nature has bestowed on the bay. Halong Bay can be said to own the spectacular natural scenery in Vietnam. Looking down from on high, bays including thousands of islands, gather place, gravitate together, and place the individual stands dotted creating interesting. The limestone mountains, the rolling stone arch silhouetted against the blue sea water lagoon, a moment steep cliffs reappeared, bringing tourists to explore the cave but strangely peaceful or letter the stretch of sparkling white sand, gentle.

Just like the cartoon character, caves are named with various shapes: Turtle Islet, Joss-stick bow island, Sung Sot cave, Trinh Nu cave. Sitting on a sailboat or speedboat bobbing on the bay, watching visitors spoiled the carpet caves and hanging neon green, engrossed in the beauty of the forest and the sea interwoven.

Weaving between the limestone walls as vertical between immense seas, when we could not feel all the beauty of the paradise river, sky, the new series of the landscape opening up for tourist’s customers, leading us all too interesting surprises. Especially in the spring, the weather will be cold and Halong covered landscape drizzle made dim bobbing on the bay, like the first scene between the human realms.

Coming here, tourists have the opportunity to discover the pearl farms located in between the towering limestone cliffs and watch the locals fishing nets traditionally looked away as the spider neglected.
Admire the glamorous image of Ha Long Bay on Gray Line Halong
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Monkey Island

To Come to Monkey Island, tourists take a boat from the Beo dock and usually take about 10 minutes to go through the Cai Beo fishing village, through several small islands and then head out to Monkey Island. Before, Monkey Island is called Sandy Pineapple Island because the island has many pineapple fruit looked delicious but not edible. People often go fishing to get soaked brought drinking water to cool or dry cure diabetes medicine.

Currently, the name of the island is often called Monkey Island. The reason is that the island has more than 20 monkeys. We often play down the beach with tourists, eat the food by tourists for as bananas, apples, tangerines, candy ... funny monkeys playing, climbing impress anyone been here and people getting used here is called monkey Island.

Monkey Island is about 3 km in circumference. It is an island composed of sand mountain shape is formed over millions of years of wind and waves bring sand, rock, coral, shell types of sea creatures like seashells, sea shells, shrimp, crab legs mountains the sand stretched for miles. Monkey Island 2 beach arcs that form sand: Cat 1 and Cat 2. In particular Pineapple Cat 1 beach is longer, has stationed military barracks. This is an ideal spot for bathing tourists when traveling to Cat Ba because here in seawater and extremely green. Services here are thatched restaurant so visitors can sit soot sea breeze, buy drinks, ice cream... together with a number of services for tourists like to rent bathing suits, floats, kayaks ...

Pineapple Cat 2 beach located behind the right-hand side. There are a few hundred m2 large gardens with plants such as pandanus, three maple trees, white apple tree ... and many different kinds of birds.
When to Monkey Island, a favorite of all visitors to explore parts can climb halfway up the mountain, even up to the top of the mountain to a remote panoramic panoramic Lan Ha Bay with hundreds of large and small islands grow up on the blue water dotted the white sand beaches of sight in the distance.

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Nam Cat beach - Lan Ha bay

In fact, this is a complex part of the bay, gulf and smooth arcs with approximately 400 islands make up a huge painting depicting the scene and Nam Cat is a distinctive part of the island population.

Visitors can access this beach by boat. Since it only takes an hour ship tour through the small rock islands to the South Sand and enlist see daily life of the fishermen in this unique bay.
Unlike Ha Long bay, we occasionally see Lan Ha bay the cruise ship carrying foreign tourists. Tranquil waters with small fishing village life as separate from the rest of the world. So, with a kayak, visitors can freely explore the beauty of the bay with countless islands and islets groundwater frequently mountain cave. Because of this pristine tourists coming here always enjoy the peaceful feeling to explore the natural beauty and exotic seafood dishes are also fresh sea. European tourists - American backpackers often rent a boat to explore the bay islands themselves, filtering hundreds of beaches in pristine sandy beaches that are happy to camp overnight.

In the calm waters and islands, there many caves such as bat cave, dark caves there are other types of cages village of regional specialties such as cobia, snout otter, abalone, grouper... Tourists can make campfire on a deserted beach and enjoy seafood. It is always place for overnight for group travelers or groups of friends looking camping place particular play.
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Halong unique cuisine

In the opinion of many tourists visited Halong Bay, one of the impressions that they enjoy the taste of sea Halong seafood. And, this potential has been business enterprises in Ha Long tourist fullest; create focal points for tourists to Ha Long.
Ha Long Bay is no stranger names by the spectacular natural scenery and amazing food. We can say, with many species of marine natural gift, the Ha Long has this much processing way. Distilling from the sea, many specialty of Ha Long has become well-known brands, such as: Halong Grilled squid, fish sauce. Come to Ha Long, tourists have many options to enjoy the place, as on cruise ships visiting the Gulf, at friends houses, in restaurants, bars, or at family friends, relatives etc.
Clam vermicelli with rice noodle
Speaking about the specialty of Halong Bay, many people often mention is fed first. There are many places in Ha Long Bay bored, but bored at Bach Dang river is the tastiest, fattest, because it has many mangrove, estuaries rich in nutrients. Prevent the body from processing many dishes such as Grilled, steamed, cooked porridge, stir-fry with noodles or vegetables. There visitor’s witty remarks: name is “tired” but do not see how bored eating at all. With the male visitors often fed alcohol quiche dish. Alcohol bored very own scented sea. Guests can manually prepare. A short pink wine, taste salty, slightly tart, very fragrant smell, the new wine is tired of Ha Long.
 

Vermicelli is a new item which appears in the restaurant in Ha Long but before this dish is common in Chanh River riparian areas, the town of Quang Yen.
At first glance, tired of fried noodle dish is not eye-catching look, by blending white bun with short, have more ear fungus, mushrooms and scallions are also things green, black at all. Furthermore, if you have not tired of eating it because it's hard to enjoy the food concentration, a concentration taste distinctively bored. But when love fried noodles tired and it can be addictive new saucy dishes that do not look the other eye to make us realize just what we love, because it creates a private range on party tray, not mixed with any dish.
Cockles.
Quang Ninh is not only famous for Ha Long Bay is also known for a wide variety of seafood. One of these species is in Yen Hung cockles. Cockles are also known as the rice. We live in the sand, sea quagmire. Cockles have hard shells intestinal blood red rose as very nutritious food. Cockles live in saltwater and freshwater lagoon known as brackish water is best for this country live in the great fast fresh meat, aromatic, fatty than other waters have many ways of preparing cockles as : Sauté

 
Compared with citronella and chili, baked cockles, cockle broth ... but to not lose the nutritional value of the most popular is the Scallop Shell is lightly boiling water (but the number).
Grilled squid with rice paper rolls
Grilled squid is famous Halong dish that across three regions. Sea Halong exotic appropriate for the size cuttlefish to spread his hands, his thick, white skin is peeled away. How squid ball processing requires skilled and experienced.
Here comes the "squid ball city" in Ha Long I, one ink wash, stone mortar pounding in green ink, and members squid, fried squid ball right at the store, before the prying eyes of tourists. Cuttlefish meat is the delicious rolls. The new crispy squid ball closely. And here is particularly raw squid ball with a little more flour; squid ball will eat soft as fried fish, discovered immediately.

Sour fork meat
Grilled sour fork from Quang Yen is different from Thanh Hoa but each place has its own flavor. Especially like fouling Lemon alive in the river. This is the river estuary; there is harmony between fresh water from the air plane with sea salt water of Halong.

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Great plan for Halong bay cruise

Travel Planning:
For many visitors, they feel regret for a short tour. So if possible, you should choose the Halong bay cruise program 3 days 2 nights to discover many interesting place in Halong. If you are a large group of friends, family or colleagues, you should hire an entire boat. You will be taking a lot of interesting activities during the trip: the collective activities (team - building), kayak competition, swim brush, cooking contest, visit floating villages, caves. If you want to have an anniversary to life with dinner on cruise, floating on, or dreaming on the beach, you will never feel regret for this choice.

Weather:
European Tourists often come to Vietnam in the winter from December to April when the weather is more about 10-20 degrees because they have more vacation at this time. But the best weather to visit is April, or September 5, 10 longer by the day, blue sky, pleasant weather, visitors can swim, enjoy the morning sunrise or sunset late afternoon.

License:
Currently, the Management Board of Ha Long Bay tightly controlled tour boats, staying on the bay. You can book tours through hotel, tour operators provide the necessary information on passports, identity cards before you go. Then the company will help your yacht registration information with the administration department immigration-Quang Ninh police. Every day, the port authority board will be based on specific weather conditions decided to put the yacht are operating or not. Normally the yacht bay and overnight visits are 6:30 am -level command. With overnight cruise on the bay, the captain will permit and vessel registration point for sleep management. In case you do not supply port command to sleep, you will have a choice in Ha Long wait for better weather the next day to go sightseeing and driving to or tour guides will take you back to Hanoi. In such cases, tour operators, cruise will make arrangements for your reasonable schedule.

Itinerary:
Depending on conditions, as well as pockets of time, you can choose for themselves the various itineraries. With day cruise visiting the bay, you can set the program to visit 4, 6 or 8 hours. Most yachts are from Bai Chay wharf and takes about 45 minutes from Bai Chay to popular attractions such as Palace Cave, Wooden cave, Titop Island. With yacht overnight, you have no still the choice: If you need a private space, freedom journey comfortable you can choose 2 separate vessels room. Certainly the staff friendly, professional service style training and managed by foreigners, you will experience the most wonderful. With 2 times recognized by the UNESCO as a world natural heritage by highlighting the global value of the natural landscape in 1994 and the value of science in geology, geomorphology 2000, Ha Long Bay was a scenic, a leading tourist destination in the country. It has been attracting large number of tourists to Ha Long in particular and Vietnam in general; increase the amount of foreign currency, tourism investment attraction, creating great opportunities for tourism development as well as tourism in Quang Ninh. The advantages it also poses challenges for Bay Management Board should promote the management, conservation, promotion and exploitation of heritage values - the world's natural wonders of Ha Long Bay, focusing more advanced investment quality, quality tourism activities, as well as the diversity, abundance and sustainability of tourism products to Halong Bay forever worthy of that title.

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The sunset in Halong bay

With the long beaches, shelf rich marine fauna and thousands of islands that are suitable for wilderness exploring, Southeast Asia is home to the most beautiful tropical “paradise” in the world. In the spirit of adventure and the sea, CNN has recommended Herman Ho, Managing Director Boat Asia and Stuart Macdonald, editor of travel sites travelfish.org, voted the most beautiful destinations in South East Asia. And Vietnam's Halong Bay is not out of the two options experts. Halong Bay has one of the most beautiful sunsets in the world. Sunset on Halong Bay fascinated many Western guests. Accordingly, CNN has voted Ha Long Bay is one of five tropical island paradises of Asia’s most beautiful sunsets.

Mr. McDonald describes: “Ha Long Bay (located in northeastern Vietnam) is one of the destinations that tourists traveling by boat to admire the sea to the horizon day and night, over great anywhere other world.” Nature has bestowed Ha Long Bay a vast area, stretching about 2,000 islands multifold over an area of approximately 1,500 km2. So visitors here will be relaxing on the yacht and weaving between rocks spectacular. Not only has that, tourists to Halong found joy delight when immersed in tranquil blue water of the bay year round. According to McDonald, went to Ha Long, the two things that tourists can not miss the “magical sunset” on the bay and visit the limestone caves on the largest island in this tropical paradise. In addition to Ha Long Bay, the four remaining places Anambas Islands ( Indonesia), Langwaki (Malaysia), two Similan Islands and Koh Chang (Thailand).

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How to get a perfect cruise trip - Wake up, and Enjoy - with These Tips

The best way to enjoy the first day of your cruise is to be 'in the cruise groove' from the moment you wake up on sail away day. Some unlucky cruisers arrive at the cruise pier tired, harried, and frustrated. Others miss out on making the most of those first few hours of their cruise by making the mistake of thinking that nothing really begins until the ship is out at sea. Sadly, these folks end up short-changing themselves, by losing out on almost a whole day of sheer enjoyment.

I'm in the magical cruise groove before arriving at the pier, and make the most out of every moment of the first day of my cruise. Here's how I do it. As an experienced cruiser, I always advise those planning a Halong luxury cruise to use a good travel agent, one who specializes in cruises. Yes, I know... you're an experienced traveler, used to booking your own travel. So am I. I travel a lot. And you really believe you can save yourself money and get just what you want by calling and booking directly with the cruise line yourself. I thought that at first, too. After a few cruises, I learned better. For more details, see contact@graylinehalong.com. Whether you are driving or flying to your port of departure, do yourself a favor, and arrive at least one day before the start of your cruise.

Think of this: If your ship sails at 4:30, and your plane that was scheduled to arrive at 1:45PM is delayed by just a couple of hours, you could end up missing the ship entirely. Delays DO happen.
Not only that, you'll eliminate the stress of a tight schedule by arriving on Saturday for a Sunday cruising. Just find a hotel with a fly and cruise or park and cruise package. Your parking will be free, and they usually have a free or no cost shuttle to and from the airport and your ship's pier.

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