halong bay cruise vietnam

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Ha Long, Lan Ha and Cat Ba — which water to sail, and on what.

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Limestone karsts and a floating village in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

A floating fishing village among the karsts of Lan Ha Bay

Nearly two thousand limestone islands rising out of jade water, and roughly five hundred boats sailing among them. The whole question of this trip is which water you sail and which boat you sail it on. Get those two right and it is the best thing you will do in Vietnam.

Here is how I decide, and what I would change about the way most people book it.

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