I booked my Halong Bay trip with
Halonghub. They are a tour company in collaboration with many Cruise company, thus according to your budget, plans and things you wanna do on board, the staff from Halong Hub will recommend you with the suitable cruise. I wanted a Mid-class cruise with cave visiting, swimming, and kayaking available, and I was recommended to book Aclass Legend Cruise. After choosing your cruise, you gotta choose the type of room you wish to stay in. I think the difference between the Deluxe and Superior room is that the Deluxe room is at the main deck, easily accessible to the dining area, and the windows are wider and bigger, while the Superior rooms are at the lower deck, with smaller windows. I booked 2 x Deluxe room @ USD240/room (with addition USD20 for return transport) because I love big windows LOL and it probably is gonna be a once in a lifetime experience.
The bus picked us up from our hotel on time, and tour guide helped to bring my parents' luggage up onto the bus. We brought our luggage along because we'll be checking into another hotel after our Halong Bay trip!
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| ALL ONBOARD! (Briefing at the dining area) |
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| Our Deluxe Room!! |
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| Washroom~ |
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| Shower, the window view is amazing btw |
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| Can't get enough of the towel Swan |
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Menu for our 2D1N (Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast, Lunch) You can let them know what you don't eat, and they'll prepare something else for you!
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| Surprise birthday celebration for daddy during dinner time! |
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| Breakfast! Chicken Pho |
We got back on land @ 11.30am, 12pm after lunch is served.
Shuttle bus back to Hanoi @ 4pm, we check into our new hotel @ Hanoi Graceful Hotel, settled down and decided to walk to Hoan Kiem Lake which is about 5-10min away.
I kept hoping to go watch the Water Puppet Show @ Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre, since it was one of the top attractions in Hanoi, but we didn't manage to arrange it because by the time we get back to Hanoi, it'll be quite late and we were all dead beat. Didn't expect while walking along Hoan Kiem Lake on the way back to Hotel, Mommy suddenly pointed and shouted "Water Puppet Theatre! I thought you want to go?" And I was shocked to see the theatre just opposite the lake because I wasn't clear of the location of this place. Excited, we went to buy our tickets just like buying movie tickets, there're seats allocation, and you have to book in advance to avoid disappointment! We bought tickets for 8pm show, and went off to find a dinner place before the show starts.
While buying the tickets at the counter, Mommy from the side jokingly told the lady,"Give us good seats ah~" and then she took note of it and really gave us the front seats in the centre! Amazing how such comments really works. HAHAHA!
Bought tickets, head off to feed our tumtum first!
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| Remember to take one of this while heading in for the show! Because the show is acting according to these titles. We didn't know there was such a paper, and we kinda blank out and felt sleepy 1/4 after the start of the show because we didn't know what isit about, thankfully the guy sitting beside me shared this with me. |
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| Thanks to mummy we've got good seats! |
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| The water puppet actors |
