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.

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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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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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Halong Bay- Heavenly Beauty

From Heavenly Beauty of Sea are to the smallest attentive details, all combine to make the tour a great experience halong bay cruise. Ha Long Bay is also attached to the heroic people of Vietnam history with landmarks such as Van Don – the busy trading port in the 12th century, with Bai Tho Mountain, Bach Dang River - witness the naval battle of two generations of illustrious ancestors against invaders. Not only that, Halong was one of the cradles of human beings with the glorious Ha Long culture from late Neolithic sites in archeology and known as Dong Mang, Red Earth, Soi Nhu…

These islands in Hạ Long Bay are mainly limestone and schist islands most lying in the two main areas: the southeastern part of Bai Tu Long Bay and southwestern part of Hạ Long Bay. These islands represent the most ancient images of a geographical site having a tectonic age of from 250 million to 280 million years. They are the result of many times of rising and lowering processes of the continent to form karts. The process of nearly full erosion and weathering of the karts created the unique Hạ Long Bay in the world. In a not very large area, thousands of islands with different forms look like glittering emeralds attached to the blue scarf of a virgin. The area where many stone islands concentrate has spectacular scenes and world-famous caves and is the center of Hạ Long Bay Natural Heritage, including Ha Long Bay and a part of Bai Tu Long Bay. Ha Long Bay is also home of high biodiversity with typical eco-systems like mangrove ecosystems, coral reef ecosystems, ecosystem components farming and ecology of tropical forests. With thousands of species of fauna and flora are abundant and diverse such as shrimp , fish , squid ... there are particularly rare species found only in this place .

With such special values, on 17.12.1994, in the 18th session of the Council of the UNESCO World Heritage held in Thailand, Ha Long Bay was officially recognized as a Natural Heritage world. In 2000, to this point, Halong Bay is the only legacy of the Vietnam twice recognized by UNESCO as world heritage, by value geology and geomorphology. This confirms the value of global Premier of Halong Bay.
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