Dear strangers,
A week since I am back from holidays, the weather has been very shitty, cloudy and rain. I know everything were never be the same since I left for my long holidays. I think I change a lot from the way I think and see how I should live my life. I found my passion, things I love to do but I am still scared to take the first step to start it. My next holidays will be soon, I always dreamt to visit this place from long time ago, and I will make sure it will be my next holiday destination, it is not that expensive I can afford it for 10-14 days discovering the country, I wished I could stay longer for months to travel across the country (finger crossed). What I need next is just to find the time because I won't travel half the world away if he doesn't have the same time with me.
I have been reading a lot since I am back too, the last book I read was The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. It is a good book full of imagination and fantasy about circus, it is breath taking, dazzling and enchanting. Somehow I feel like I was drawn into it and teleported back to my childhood.
It has been a good week and yet I still not sure if I am happy to be back here, everything turned to be a little bit unexpected for me tho but I am happy with everything I have now. Time difference could kill at times but so far I can manage it even though I have no idea until when it will last, but life is not about counting the time and money, it is all about treasuring every moment that you have now, although soon or later all those moments you have is just memories, and the memories and feelings fade. It is important to be happy now than never feel happy at all later. Live and die with no regret. :D
laters!
x
Thursday, August 30, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
Bali and Lombok
Dear strangers,
Sometimes when people asked me to recommend a place to visit in Indonesia, I am have no idea where to recommend them. Indonesia definitely is a beautiful country with a lot of scenery from beaches to the mountains, the problem is the people. In South East Asia, no one can beats the friendliness and kindness of Thai people.
I went to Bali, it was my third time and sad to say I don't like Bali. It is too commercialized and the locals are not friendly with the local tourists, too many Australians and British. To be honest, during my travel, Australians and British are the most arrogant, rude and a lot of people hate them. Even tho when I was traveling I met quite a few nice British but in general yeah I agreed with most of what people think. Personally I think in general traveler from Europe are very polite especially the Dutch, they are funny and friendly. The Germans as well, French they are soft spoken, and of course the Norwegians I met are the best even tho most of Norwegians are cold.
When traveling to Bali it is not about the beaches, it is also about getting to know the culture. I try to write what I remember about it.
75% of the Balinese are Hindu. In every of the house they will have a small altar to worship and do the prayer. They do the prayer 3 times a day in the morning at 6am when the sun rises, and then at the noon around 12 pm and the last one when the sun set. After prayer usually they will put the rice which has been soak into Sandalwood for a day on their forehead and neck. It is the sign that they have gone for the prayer and hope that they will have a clear and good mind and also they will have a good words come from their mouths.
In Bali, you will never find a building taller than 15m. There is a reason behind it, Pura (the temple where the people goes for prayer) was built on the ground, usually it is only one level. To respect the Pura the sacral place for prayer, the houses and other building can not be built taller than 15m. There is only one building taller than 15m which is a hotel located in Nusa Dua built by the first president Sukarno, the reason is to preserve the historical value of the building.
I will take one long break to explore Indonesia myself and learn the culture, perhaps I can write better things about it.
Lombok is still not over exposed as Bali, it has its own charm with clean beach with not much wild life as Bali. It is ultimante gateway. I love Lombok. I will come back one day.
Sometimes when people asked me to recommend a place to visit in Indonesia, I am have no idea where to recommend them. Indonesia definitely is a beautiful country with a lot of scenery from beaches to the mountains, the problem is the people. In South East Asia, no one can beats the friendliness and kindness of Thai people.
I went to Bali, it was my third time and sad to say I don't like Bali. It is too commercialized and the locals are not friendly with the local tourists, too many Australians and British. To be honest, during my travel, Australians and British are the most arrogant, rude and a lot of people hate them. Even tho when I was traveling I met quite a few nice British but in general yeah I agreed with most of what people think. Personally I think in general traveler from Europe are very polite especially the Dutch, they are funny and friendly. The Germans as well, French they are soft spoken, and of course the Norwegians I met are the best even tho most of Norwegians are cold.
When traveling to Bali it is not about the beaches, it is also about getting to know the culture. I try to write what I remember about it.
75% of the Balinese are Hindu. In every of the house they will have a small altar to worship and do the prayer. They do the prayer 3 times a day in the morning at 6am when the sun rises, and then at the noon around 12 pm and the last one when the sun set. After prayer usually they will put the rice which has been soak into Sandalwood for a day on their forehead and neck. It is the sign that they have gone for the prayer and hope that they will have a clear and good mind and also they will have a good words come from their mouths.
In Bali, you will never find a building taller than 15m. There is a reason behind it, Pura (the temple where the people goes for prayer) was built on the ground, usually it is only one level. To respect the Pura the sacral place for prayer, the houses and other building can not be built taller than 15m. There is only one building taller than 15m which is a hotel located in Nusa Dua built by the first president Sukarno, the reason is to preserve the historical value of the building.
I will take one long break to explore Indonesia myself and learn the culture, perhaps I can write better things about it.
Beautiful Mt Batur with the Lake Batur on the other side.
There are about 300 people inhabit the village near the mountain, they are known as Tarunyan tribe or Bali Age, they are the native Bali tribe who still believe in praying to the tress or animals. When the Hindu religion came to Bali they refused to believe in it and chose to isolate themselves in the mountain, one of their tradition that still preserved until now is to put the death body under the big tree in the center of the village.
Tanah Lot, Bali. One of my favorite place in Bali, it is too commercialized now but still it has it own charms.
Tanah Lot was built by a hermit (which I have forgotten the name), it is the holy place where he meditated and it is also part of spreading Hinduism in Bali, there are a few pura which built by him along his journey. According to the myth he summon his belt into the snake to guard him while he meditate, that's why you can find the white snake at Tanah Lot.
Sunset at Dream Land beach. Not my cup of tea too many crowds there, it is not a paradise.
Lombok is still not over exposed as Bali, it has its own charm with clean beach with not much wild life as Bali. It is ultimante gateway. I love Lombok. I will come back one day.
Sengigi beach, Lombok, stunning crystal water and white sands. Paradise
Gili trawangan, it is the ultimate paradise.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
I am BACK!
Dear strangers,
It is good to be back, but somehow I miss my other half of life, traveling and the people. Never in my life, I ever thought to go for a long journey with no preparation at all and traveled with strangers. Sometimes being brought up in Asian country and culture made us think that all the strangers are bad people. When I was traveling for 6 weeks, I have learned a lot - those experiences definitely money can't buy and no one ever taught you at school nor at home. We have all the basic things we know from school and some courtesy from home but surviving skill and being street smart, no one can ever teach us that. I bet every of my friends that I have known for years, they will never go for those kind of trips because they concern too much about safety and wants the acceptable place to stay which at least 3 stars hotels with aircon and hot shower. I just take a leap of faith and follow my instinct. And here I am now 6 weeks traveling, safe and sound, getting 4 times darker than before (who cares about being dark, people should start to practice it the phrases don't judge books by its cover), but I was not who I was 6 weeks ago.
This is the best journey in my life, I can't never put it in the word how I feel and how fascinated I was meeting different people with different ideas. Traveling solo is one of the best way to teach us about life and finding who we really are, and finding someone who has similar ideas and thinking like me.
laters!
It is good to be back, but somehow I miss my other half of life, traveling and the people. Never in my life, I ever thought to go for a long journey with no preparation at all and traveled with strangers. Sometimes being brought up in Asian country and culture made us think that all the strangers are bad people. When I was traveling for 6 weeks, I have learned a lot - those experiences definitely money can't buy and no one ever taught you at school nor at home. We have all the basic things we know from school and some courtesy from home but surviving skill and being street smart, no one can ever teach us that. I bet every of my friends that I have known for years, they will never go for those kind of trips because they concern too much about safety and wants the acceptable place to stay which at least 3 stars hotels with aircon and hot shower. I just take a leap of faith and follow my instinct. And here I am now 6 weeks traveling, safe and sound, getting 4 times darker than before (who cares about being dark, people should start to practice it the phrases don't judge books by its cover), but I was not who I was 6 weeks ago.
This is the best journey in my life, I can't never put it in the word how I feel and how fascinated I was meeting different people with different ideas. Traveling solo is one of the best way to teach us about life and finding who we really are, and finding someone who has similar ideas and thinking like me.
laters!
The beautiful fishing village at Paradise!
Sunset in Paradise, one of the memorable place, thanks for bringing me here!
Angkor Wat - Siem Reap, Cambodia. The most amazing temple I've ever seen.
Siem Reap, it is a small city - the reason people are here is just to visit Angkor Wat, most of Cambodian are friendlier than Vietnamese but still you have to be street smart and make sure to bargain over everything. Angkor Wat is about 20 minutes away from the city centre with tuk tuk. Angkor Wat complex is huge, it takes about 3 days to finish everything. The ticket is USD20 for 1 day pass. You can buy 2 or 3 days pass for cheaper price. To travel around Angkor Wat, you can hire bicycle or take tuk tuk. I think hiring tuk tuk is the best because Angkor Wat complex is quite big and you have to walk alot . The tuk tuk tour cost about USD 12 for two person (that was the lowest I heard from other traveler).
Where to stay in Siem Reap? There are plenty of guest house or hotel in Siem Reap, but my recommendation is the Garden Village Guesthouse, it is 10 minutes walk from Pub Street and night market where all the night life happens. The Garden Village itself has a bar on the top plays a lot of nice song and serve reasonable cheap and good food with beer start from 50 cents.
Currency? It is good to have keep some Riel and USD is widely use everywhere. The exchange rate is 1 USD = 4000 Riel. Always change it at city where you can compare the rates and never change it at the airport or immigration check point.
What to eat? Khmer food! Luk Lok and Amok, be adventures try all the traditional Khmer food you can find.
Scam! be careful with the milk scams in Cambodia, the little kids always come to you say they dont want money but they want milk, when you start to buy for one out of nowhere the whole village will come and ask you to buy for everyone, they will chose the most expensive milk at certain mini mart. Be street smart, don't be so easily feel pity for the kids, remember most of Asian country have rough and tough life they do anything for money.
Cruising down the Mekong River with the plane take off from the air port.
The Night market in Luang Prabang, Laos.
Sunset at the Mekong River - Luang Prabang, Laos.
Luang Prabang, is one of the most beautiful cities I visited. It is small city with a lot of art and crafts, honest and friendly people, yet expensive.
Currency.
Laos kip is not exchangeable outside Laos. 1 USD = 8000kip. The money changer around night market has the better exchange rate compare to other place.
What to do in Luang Prabang?
Most of the bars and pubs are close at 12am and bowling opens till 2am. The tuk tuk to bowling alley is about 40000kip one way. Bargain and be friend with tuk tuk driver they are more than happy to lower the price for you.
Cruising down Mekong River, the cost is varies, you can get it from 10000 kip per person to 100000kip it depends how you bargain.
Night market. It starts every day at 6pm. Bargain and bargain for everything. There are a nice juice stall at the end of night market near Luang Prabang ancient hotel, the first stall next to the small alley has the best juice ever, the lady is super friendly. The small alley next to the hotel sells a lot of food. You can find some vegetarian buffet in the night market it cost 10000 kip per plate.
Where to stay?
There are plenty accommodations start from 60000 kip per night for two to 200000 kip per night. Some of the accommodation only accept kip.
Cycling through Luang Prabang.
Yngve - the Norwegian guy I met in Halong Bay, one of a kind.
Kim - another Norwegian guy I met, he is the best travel partner so far :D
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Hanoi - Ha Long Bay
Dear strangers!
It was an amazing week for me, traveling to Hanoi to Sapa and continue to Ha Long Bay. I like the idea of expect the unexpected and being open to new things.
It was quite late in the afternoon when I arrived in Hanoi. I checked out the old quarter area a bit, wonder around what is going on. Like most of the big cities in developing country, Hanoi is similar to any other small cities in Indonesia. There are more motor cycle than cars in the town and it is hardly to spot the trafic lights in the small junctions. Cars and motor cycles just cross from every directions in quite slow speed. Peddlers are everywhere carrying traditional food to sell, small stalls on the streets selling Pho - the famous Vietnamese noodles and also coffee. As I analyzing the city and trying to get used to the environment, I saw a lady in the traditional Vietnam hat selling eggs on the basket sitting on the pavement with one lady customers. I was curious, guessing is that Balut (the boiled fertilized duck embryo) or the normal eggs, I heard there are a lot of people eating Balut in Vietnam. So I asked the lady what is she selling, too bad, the Vietnamese people doesn't speak English much. So after I looked at the other lady mixing the egg with the salt, ginger slice and mint leaves, I am sure it was Balut. With limited knowledge of language, I just pointed at the egg and asked for one. She told me it was 10000D for an egg. It quite reasonable price for me after converting it to dollars, I gave her a nod and tried the Balut. At first I was afraid to eat that, but once I mixed everything, it taste so delicious. After I finished the food, I paid and I looked at the other customer, she only paid 6000D. Maybe she gave me the traveler price, but it worth to try and the taste beyond my expectation. After the Balut and trying to forgot that I got cheated. I walked through the main road and I saw long queue on the corner of the road, the food stall sells a yellow rice with green been paste, something like meatballs slice and garnished with fried shallot, again curiously I ordered a bowl. I really can't imagine how it tastes like to eat green beans paste with yellow rice, it was not bad at all and very filling. I didn't manage to finish it.
I still have couple hours before I left to Sapa. I stroll around through the small roads and end up at the junction of Lương Ngọc Quyến. It was so crowded with people enjoying their afternoon sitting on the stools sipping a glass of Bia Hoi. Bia Hoi is very popular among locals and tourists, it was the fresh beer locally brewed, it tastes smooth and nice, the price is super cheap, 5000D. I tried a glass of it and then back to redenzvous where the bus will pick me up and send me to train station. There are a few people in the bus and I bumped into a girl from Singapore, we had a talk a little bit about Vietnam before we check in to get our train ticket.
About 9pm we boarded to the train. The train is not too bad with two double deck beds and power points to charge phone. It is not the luxury train but quite reasonable to be my home for next 8 hours. I waited for the other passengers to fill the empty beds, pondering what kind of person are they and what if they are some serial killer or robbers? Am I going to be safe locked in this cabin with them? Soon after a couple came to the room, a tall bold guy with his wife. They don't look like the bad guys in the movie who are going to hijack this train, I gave them simple smile and start the conversation with them. The husband is from Netherlands while the wife is Vietnamese. 8 hours in train flew so fast we talked about places in Vietnam, what to do next and also about Netherlands. I fell asleep around 11pm and awake when the sun shined through the window. We reached Sapa at 5.50am.
Everyone in the groups gathered around at the main entrance of the train station and waited to be picked up. The bus took us to the Sapa town where the hotel is. After being dropped at the Summit hotel and had our breakfast, we were divided to the groups of six and being assigned to a local tour guide. My tour guide is a young boy about 15 years old name Di. In my group there were a couple from Brazil and another couple from Switzerland. About 9am, we marched down to the city centre and start our trekking for 12km to the Hmong Village. The weather was not friendly at all, it was raining on and off. When we reached the main road, there were a lot of people with the traditional Hmong cloths coming towards us and following us, from kids to the young moms carrying the baby on their back. I felt like a celebrity on the red carpet with all the questions to answers. They accompanied our journey to their village. The trekking took about 3 hours, it was hard because of the rain made the soil slippery, I slipped a few time and it was quite dangerous if you unprepared. The trek worth every slipped and mud, the scenery was amazing and beautiful. The Hmong villagers who marched down with us was very helpful trying to help us to go through the slippery paths. Finally we reached our destination and have lunch, before those friendly villagers let us have our lunch, they were trying to sell all kind of handicrafts starts from 200000D, if we refuse to buy they start to force and keep reminding us about all the helps they gave during the trek. It is not about the money but I don't buy things that I won't use. I offered them money without taking any of their handicrafts in return but they refuse. All of the traveler in the group felt that we were being forced to get things from them. Well, after lunch we continued trek to the next village and wait for the bus to pick us up back to hotel. We had shower before get on the train back to Hanoi. I spent another night in train with Spanish couple. I didn't have chance to chat much with them since I was pretty knackered from the trekking earlier. I slept and awaken when I reached Hanoi.
Next stop is Ha Long Bay. The bus picked us up at 8 and we headed to Haipong, the nearest port to Halong Bay. I was in the bus with another 13 travelers who are going to be my 'boat mate' for the next 24 hours. We didnt chat a lot on the journey most of us fell asleep. We reached Halong Bay around 12pm and had lunch on the boat. The first group I got to know is a family from France, they are very friendly and nice, after that I got to know a solo traveler from USA, and a girl from Thailand traveling with her boyfriend and the boyfriend's friends. A China girl who have been traveling for 6 months, two Portugese girls, another two Argentina girls and one group of locals. After lunch we went to the cave and kayaking for half an hour. Had dinner on the boat and spent a night on the boat. It was raining in the night so we stayed in and play cards, talking about the next plans and exchanging emails or facebook. All the horror started when the french girl, who had lunch on the same table with me earlier came up and told us that there were a lot of bugs on her bed and not long after that another two girls also complaints the same things.
The next day we went to CatBa island, trek up to the CatBa National park and then back to the boat. The rest of the groups stayed back in the island. I was happy with my decision to stay in the boat, meeting a new people and being a real backpackers instead of sticking to the same group the whole time, even tho I enjoyed the time with them. I met another traveler from Norway and Switzerland. We just hang out on the decks talking till morning and I saw shooting stars, three shooting stars, it was beautiful.
Halong Bay is beautiful but dirty, the people throw the rubbish to the water, sadly the Vietnamese in Halong Bay are pretty rude and always scream at you whenever they talk, especially when you are stuck on the boat with no choice of food and drinks, they tried to make money out of you. The boat I stayed in was pretty bad, the food was not nice, the crews ate very nice fresh prawns with big fishes while they served us onion, water spinach and small fish. I was not happy with the service I got on the boat and it is better to buy the tour in Hanoi than book it online because the agent who selling it will charge you more. The price of the tours are varies from 57USD - 67 USD for 3 days two nights either you want to stay two days on the boat or one day on boat and one day at the island. The scams didnt end there, other travelers complaints about the travel agents who sold them the packaged promised them free kayaking for few hours.
Well, that's in the package! So you have to pay some amount of money and get over it if you want to see beautiful Halong Bay!
It was an amazing week for me, traveling to Hanoi to Sapa and continue to Ha Long Bay. I like the idea of expect the unexpected and being open to new things.
It was quite late in the afternoon when I arrived in Hanoi. I checked out the old quarter area a bit, wonder around what is going on. Like most of the big cities in developing country, Hanoi is similar to any other small cities in Indonesia. There are more motor cycle than cars in the town and it is hardly to spot the trafic lights in the small junctions. Cars and motor cycles just cross from every directions in quite slow speed. Peddlers are everywhere carrying traditional food to sell, small stalls on the streets selling Pho - the famous Vietnamese noodles and also coffee. As I analyzing the city and trying to get used to the environment, I saw a lady in the traditional Vietnam hat selling eggs on the basket sitting on the pavement with one lady customers. I was curious, guessing is that Balut (the boiled fertilized duck embryo) or the normal eggs, I heard there are a lot of people eating Balut in Vietnam. So I asked the lady what is she selling, too bad, the Vietnamese people doesn't speak English much. So after I looked at the other lady mixing the egg with the salt, ginger slice and mint leaves, I am sure it was Balut. With limited knowledge of language, I just pointed at the egg and asked for one. She told me it was 10000D for an egg. It quite reasonable price for me after converting it to dollars, I gave her a nod and tried the Balut. At first I was afraid to eat that, but once I mixed everything, it taste so delicious. After I finished the food, I paid and I looked at the other customer, she only paid 6000D. Maybe she gave me the traveler price, but it worth to try and the taste beyond my expectation. After the Balut and trying to forgot that I got cheated. I walked through the main road and I saw long queue on the corner of the road, the food stall sells a yellow rice with green been paste, something like meatballs slice and garnished with fried shallot, again curiously I ordered a bowl. I really can't imagine how it tastes like to eat green beans paste with yellow rice, it was not bad at all and very filling. I didn't manage to finish it.
I still have couple hours before I left to Sapa. I stroll around through the small roads and end up at the junction of Lương Ngọc Quyến. It was so crowded with people enjoying their afternoon sitting on the stools sipping a glass of Bia Hoi. Bia Hoi is very popular among locals and tourists, it was the fresh beer locally brewed, it tastes smooth and nice, the price is super cheap, 5000D. I tried a glass of it and then back to redenzvous where the bus will pick me up and send me to train station. There are a few people in the bus and I bumped into a girl from Singapore, we had a talk a little bit about Vietnam before we check in to get our train ticket.
About 9pm we boarded to the train. The train is not too bad with two double deck beds and power points to charge phone. It is not the luxury train but quite reasonable to be my home for next 8 hours. I waited for the other passengers to fill the empty beds, pondering what kind of person are they and what if they are some serial killer or robbers? Am I going to be safe locked in this cabin with them? Soon after a couple came to the room, a tall bold guy with his wife. They don't look like the bad guys in the movie who are going to hijack this train, I gave them simple smile and start the conversation with them. The husband is from Netherlands while the wife is Vietnamese. 8 hours in train flew so fast we talked about places in Vietnam, what to do next and also about Netherlands. I fell asleep around 11pm and awake when the sun shined through the window. We reached Sapa at 5.50am.
Everyone in the groups gathered around at the main entrance of the train station and waited to be picked up. The bus took us to the Sapa town where the hotel is. After being dropped at the Summit hotel and had our breakfast, we were divided to the groups of six and being assigned to a local tour guide. My tour guide is a young boy about 15 years old name Di. In my group there were a couple from Brazil and another couple from Switzerland. About 9am, we marched down to the city centre and start our trekking for 12km to the Hmong Village. The weather was not friendly at all, it was raining on and off. When we reached the main road, there were a lot of people with the traditional Hmong cloths coming towards us and following us, from kids to the young moms carrying the baby on their back. I felt like a celebrity on the red carpet with all the questions to answers. They accompanied our journey to their village. The trekking took about 3 hours, it was hard because of the rain made the soil slippery, I slipped a few time and it was quite dangerous if you unprepared. The trek worth every slipped and mud, the scenery was amazing and beautiful. The Hmong villagers who marched down with us was very helpful trying to help us to go through the slippery paths. Finally we reached our destination and have lunch, before those friendly villagers let us have our lunch, they were trying to sell all kind of handicrafts starts from 200000D, if we refuse to buy they start to force and keep reminding us about all the helps they gave during the trek. It is not about the money but I don't buy things that I won't use. I offered them money without taking any of their handicrafts in return but they refuse. All of the traveler in the group felt that we were being forced to get things from them. Well, after lunch we continued trek to the next village and wait for the bus to pick us up back to hotel. We had shower before get on the train back to Hanoi. I spent another night in train with Spanish couple. I didn't have chance to chat much with them since I was pretty knackered from the trekking earlier. I slept and awaken when I reached Hanoi.
Next stop is Ha Long Bay. The bus picked us up at 8 and we headed to Haipong, the nearest port to Halong Bay. I was in the bus with another 13 travelers who are going to be my 'boat mate' for the next 24 hours. We didnt chat a lot on the journey most of us fell asleep. We reached Halong Bay around 12pm and had lunch on the boat. The first group I got to know is a family from France, they are very friendly and nice, after that I got to know a solo traveler from USA, and a girl from Thailand traveling with her boyfriend and the boyfriend's friends. A China girl who have been traveling for 6 months, two Portugese girls, another two Argentina girls and one group of locals. After lunch we went to the cave and kayaking for half an hour. Had dinner on the boat and spent a night on the boat. It was raining in the night so we stayed in and play cards, talking about the next plans and exchanging emails or facebook. All the horror started when the french girl, who had lunch on the same table with me earlier came up and told us that there were a lot of bugs on her bed and not long after that another two girls also complaints the same things.
The next day we went to CatBa island, trek up to the CatBa National park and then back to the boat. The rest of the groups stayed back in the island. I was happy with my decision to stay in the boat, meeting a new people and being a real backpackers instead of sticking to the same group the whole time, even tho I enjoyed the time with them. I met another traveler from Norway and Switzerland. We just hang out on the decks talking till morning and I saw shooting stars, three shooting stars, it was beautiful.
Halong Bay is beautiful but dirty, the people throw the rubbish to the water, sadly the Vietnamese in Halong Bay are pretty rude and always scream at you whenever they talk, especially when you are stuck on the boat with no choice of food and drinks, they tried to make money out of you. The boat I stayed in was pretty bad, the food was not nice, the crews ate very nice fresh prawns with big fishes while they served us onion, water spinach and small fish. I was not happy with the service I got on the boat and it is better to buy the tour in Hanoi than book it online because the agent who selling it will charge you more. The price of the tours are varies from 57USD - 67 USD for 3 days two nights either you want to stay two days on the boat or one day on boat and one day at the island. The scams didnt end there, other travelers complaints about the travel agents who sold them the packaged promised them free kayaking for few hours.
Well, that's in the package! So you have to pay some amount of money and get over it if you want to see beautiful Halong Bay!
Hanoi City, where all the local and tourists are having the fresh beer (Bai Ho) in the afternoon sitting by the low stools.
Trekking through the beautiful view of Hmong Village, Sapa.
Halong Bay, one of the best sceneries I've seen.
On the top of the Catba National Park - climbed to the top of the tower!
Trekking up at Catba National Park and met amazing traveler along the way.
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