Trip to Ha Long Bay

At the time of this writing 1 US dollars is equivalent to 21,725 VND I always use the following site or keep up with currencies on my tablet. 

http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/#

There are 3 different options for boats when you go to Ha Long Bay the cheap one (which is not recommended about 40 US, a 65 US, or a deluxe at 80 US. I opted for the middle one at 65 US. 

People either do a 1 or 2 night trip to Ha Long you could do a day trip on the water but that isn't worth it. I did a 2 day 1 night trip to Ha Long Bay. We got picked up at 8:00 am and it was a 3 and a half to 4 hour journey with one pit stop for bathrooms and lunch. 

The views were absolutely stunning and we did a hike through a cave which is pictured below. The room was decent and the food on board with the exception of breakfast really tasty. 

For 65 US you got picked up at your hostel/hotel in a mini van, one night on the boat, 4 meals and free beer for 3 hours from 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM or whenever the kegs went dry. Bring water with you as you only get one small bottle for free. There was access to kayaks, and some people jumped off the boat. You also received entrance into the cave with a tour guide. 

As for what happened on the boat that is for another blog.......

My Life

My Choice

My Time

Tuna Tom

One last thing if you expect to be on a boat or see the boat above you are in for a disappointment. Maybe there are boats like the one directly below but we didn't see any of them.