Posts Tagged Halong Bay
Viajes Indochina kicks off special Viajes Vietnam for honeymoon couples
Posted by thanhcong in Destinations, Festivals, Travel news on August 22, 2010
Viajes Indochina has a special offer tour named “Special Viajes Vietnam” for couples who are in the honeymoon week. Enjoy the sweet as honey emotions beside the love of the life, in the most famous and romantic of Vietnam. Read the rest of this entry »
Van Don – An attractive archipelago in the northeastern
Posted by Huyen Tran in Travel Blog on December 29, 2009
Van Don Archipelago is about 50 km northeast of Ha Long City. It belongs to the island district of Van Don – one of the four key economic-tourism areas in Quang Ninh Province.
With over 600 islands and islets which are arranged as a great wall in Bai Tu Long Bay, next and connected to Ha Long Bay, Van Don is considered as a nature wonder. In addition, it was one of the first wealthy commercial ports in Viet Nam under the Ly and Tran dynasties (from the 11th – 13th century). Unspoiled natural beauty and cultural, historical values make Van Don as a buffet of sightseeing for tourists.
For nature lovers, they will be attracted by charming white-sand beaches with clear blue water such as Long Beach (
Bai Dai) in Cai Bau Island, Ngoc Vung Beach in Ngoc Vung Island and Quan Lan Beach, Minh Chau Beach, Son Hao Beach in Quan Lan Island. All the beaches here are really fascinating for tourists with their pristine beauty and pure environment. Some beaches spread over several kilometers and some of meters away from the beaches stand the very green wild casuarinas, which further add to its original charm. Some other notable landscapes in Van Don are the Van Mountain (the mountain is covered by cloud) at 445 metres high on Ban Sen Island, the Bai Tu Long National Park on Ba Mun Island and so on. Read the rest of this entry »
Misterious Halong Bay
Posted by Thanh Vu in Destinations, Travel Blog on December 24, 2009
Majestic and mysterious is a great way to describe the impressive scenery in Halong Bay
We opted for a tour to take us to this incredible place, we were glad to pay a bit more for one that we got recommended. On the first day we had a four hour drive to Halong City where we boarded a boat taking us cruising through over 2000 lime stone islands. We stopped for a huge lunch including amazing fresh seafood that even Dale was keen to try, and I’m happy to say he enjoyed!
We spent an hour and half kayaking through hidden caves and searching for monkeys but not see any. After kayaking we enjoyed jumping off the boat into the warm water, the water was so salty that Dale was finally able to float.
We then made our way to the Ocean Beach Resort and enjoyed another huge feast of more fresh sea food and other favourites right on the beach front. We enjoyed staying in beach bungalows although I did get attacked by mosquitoes even with our net up. Read the rest of this entry »
Beautiful Halong Bay
Posted by Thanh Vu in Destinations, Travel Blog on December 22, 2009
My watch has died. This is a sign. The rest of the trip needs to be more relaxed. Yesterday, we headed for Halong Bay, about three hours outside of Hanoi. A private car out was included in our tour, but were we to do it again, we would forgo the car, save our money, and take one of the many buses we saw. We reached our junk around noon and were pleasantly surprised by its high class. We have our own cabin with a private bathroom, toilet, shower, the whole deal. The dining room has linen tablecloths, etc…There are six other people on the boat, not counting the crew, who I think out number us.
Halong translates to “where the dragon descends into the sea” and legend says the islands of Halong Bay were created by a great dragon who lived in the moutains. As the dragon ran to the coast, its tail trashed and gouged out valleys and crevasses. Then, as it plunged into the sea, the land dug up by its tail filled with water leaving only the high land visible.
Northen Vietnam – A reason to be jealous of us
Posted by Thanh Vu in Destinations, Travel Blog on December 21, 2009
So where did I leave off last time I wrote in this blog? Oh right, the night before getting into Vietnam. Well, we got up fine and got on our early bus out of Phnom Penh. The bus ride was about 6 hrs and the funniest part was when we hit the border. We think they like to screw around with tourists, mainly because we were the only white guys on the bus. So they took our passports when we got on the bus and when we reached the border crossing we figured they would give them back to us but no. Everyone on the bus got off, got their bags and went into a little building where the bus guy gave all our passports to the customs officer.
We quietly waited our turn as the Vietnamese passengers went through first, then the Cambodian, then the guys with the giant air conditioning units that arrived after us, and then finally our names were called and we successfully made it into Vietnam! Hurrah! After a dropping our bags on the unmanned x-ray machine we were looking to hop right back onto the bus down you know you are.and get going; however, we were not allowed onto the bus. The bus guy pointed to another check point down a ways where we had to take our passports to be shown once again. So we walked over there, passports in hand, and a bit confused. Our confusion grew as we were immediately told to go to another check point a bit of the ways down. Luckily we were shown the way deeper into Vietnam so we weren’t too worried about denied in. At the third checkpoint Kif showed his passport and both of us were allowed to walk a couple meters more down the way and wait for the bus to pick us up, which it did.
Bach Dang Stake – Yard
Posted by Thanh Vu in Destinations on December 11, 2009
Location: Located in the marshy zone of Yen Giang Commune, Yen Hung District, Quang Ninh Province, that borders the Chanh River.
Characteristics: The stake-yard is the site where Tran Hung Dao, a national hero of the 13th century, is forever honoured.
It was officially recognized as one of Vietnam’s historic vestiges on March 22, 1988; the 700th anniversary of a great victory at Bach Dang against Mongol invaders.
When the local people built a dyke in 1953, they discovered the Bach Dang stake-yard. There remain hundreds of stakes arranged in the zigzag-shaped (shape of the letter Z). Some are vertical; some others are inclined 15o to the east. Most of the stakes are made of ironwood. They were bevelled in one end, and their heads were broken. Their average length ranges from 2 to 2.8m, even up to 3.2m. The bevelled part is 0.8 to 1m. The stakes lie 0.5-1.5m under ground. The whole 220m2 stake ground is now protected by dyke. Of the stakes, 42 remain intact 2m under a layer of mud and jut out 0.2-2m. The density of stakes in the southern part of the ground is 1 stake over 0.9-1m2; meanwhile that of the northern part is 1 stake over 1.5-2m2. Just 3km away from the town centre, the Tran Hung Dao Temple lies at a strip of land stretching to the middle of the river in Yen Giang Commune. Legend has it that when Tran Hung Dao came to Trung Ban mound to investigate the topography of the locality to prepare for the Bach Dang battle, his hair knot got loose. He stopped, pushing his sword in the ground, to twist his hair into a chignon. The local fishermen saw this and built a temple dedicated to him right in this place. Read the rest of this entry »
Halong Bay
Posted by Huyen Tran in Destinations on December 10, 2009
General information:
Halong Bay is a natural wonder of the world and one of Vietnam’s five UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Total area: 1,553 sq. km
Heritage site area: 434 sq. km
Total number of islands: 1,969 islands
Number of island in heritage zone: 775 islands
Listed as world natural heritage year: 1994 and 2000
Province: Quang Ninh
Location:
Halong Bay is situated in the Northeast of Vietnam, 160 km to the east of Hanoi and constitutes part of the western bank of Tonkin Gulf, including the sea area of Ha Long City and Cam Pha Town and a part of Van Don Island district. Halong borders Cat Ba Islands in the southwest, the east sea in the east and the mainland. It is located within 106o58’-107o22’ east longitude and within 20o45’- 20o50’ north latitude. Read the rest of this entry »
Halong Bay ranked as one of the world’s natural wonders
Posted by Huyen Tran in Travel news on December 8, 2009
Halong Bay has been ranked as one of the 150 most beautiful natural wonders in the world by the French leading e-magazine, L’Internaute. An article portraying Halong Bay – a world natural heritage, was published in September in the Voyager (tourism) column of L’Internaute magazine.
The article noted that apart from its thousands of charming islands and beautiful caves, Halong Bay is also home to a wide biodiversity that includes eco-systems like mangrove forests, coral reefs and tropical forests.
The bay, which was twice recognised by UNESCO for its landscape and geological value, has advanced to the final stage of a campaign to vote for the world’s seven new natural wonders by the NewOpenWorld. It currently ranks 4th out of the 28 successful landscapes in terms of votes. Vietnam is making an effort to promote and preserve the bay in a bid to encourage the community, especially friends across the world to vote for it.
Tranquil Quan Lan Island
Posted by Huyen Tran in Destinations, Photos on December 8, 2009
Quan Lan is an island belonging to Bai Tu Long Bay, 45 km northeast from Halong Bay. Thanks to beautiful nature such as long white sandy beach, pine forests and white sand dunes, it is an attractionof Quang Ninh province. Pictures fron Nguyen Bich Ngoc:
Halong Bay
Posted by Hảo Nguyễn in Destinations on December 7, 2009
Halong Bay
Halong Bay is a natural wonder of the world and one of Vietnam’s five UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Total area: 1,553 sq. km
Heritage site area: 434 sq. km
Total number of islands: 1,969 islands
Number of island in heritage zone: 775 islands
Listed as world natural heritage year: 1994 and 2000
Province: Quang Ninh
Location:
Halong Bay is situated in the Northeast of Vietnam, 160 km to the east of Hanoi and constitutes part of the western bank of Tonkin Gulf, including the sea area of Ha Long City and Cam Pha Town and a part of Van Don Island district. Halong borders Cat Ba Islands in the southwest, the east sea in the east and the mainland. It is located within 106o58’-107o22’ east longitude and within 20o45’- 20o50’ north latitude. Read the rest of this entry »
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