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| The iconic kissing chicken. |
The highlight of our visit to Vietnam is obviously the Halong Bay.
Halong Bay is located about 150km east of Hanoi. The most convenient transportation method is by renting a car or in our case renting an MPV with the driver and a guide. They are from a tour operator called MTV for Muslim Tour Vietnam. Mr. Trong is not a muslim, but he is used to transporting and tour-guiding muslim tourists. He even learn Indonesian language now. Commandable.
Even though the google maps says the time to travel is 2 hours 39 minutes, it is normally estimated to arrive in 4 hours due to traffic as well as roads condition.
Even though the google maps says the time to travel is 2 hours 39 minutes, it is normally estimated to arrive in 4 hours due to traffic as well as roads condition.
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| The guide, Mr. Trong. |
There is one stop each way during which you can find souvenirs in painting in any size. No photographing allowed so we can't show the sample, but we love the painting and the drawing only to be turned off by the rather steep price.
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| The stopover place with plenty of painting. |
About 4 hours after leaving Hanoi, we arrived at the location with the operators for our junk boat waiting to greet us.
There are two types of junk boats, one for day tripper like us, and the other three-storey boat for staying overnight.
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| Boat for day tripper. |
Everything set and ready and off we go. Just enjoy the pictures, no less stunning and breathtaking.
Halong bay which consists of more than 1600 islands, are actually limestone formation and look like film set for avatar.
The junk boat is large enough to accommodate about 50 passengers but we were surprised to know that we have the whole boat for ourselves. Actually we have paid the rent for the whole boat plus the excursion, the transportation to and fro Hanoi, tour guide and lunch amounting 118USD per head.
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| The boat for us. |
If the picture doesn't tell much on how it feels, try checking the video here. It would help.
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| Halong Bay icon |
The kissing chickens: obviously those are rock formation that resembles two chickens look like kissing. Check below if that is true. Whatever it is, this has been used as the Halong bay icon.
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