Hi,

anyone has recently done a cruise in Halong Bay and can recommend a
tour operator in Hanoi?
We would opt for 2 or 3 days trips. It seems there are 100+ operators
(all probably sell tours with the same boats) so any tips on reliable
places to book the trip and approx current price would be appreciated!

Thankx

J.

In article <916e309e-8e77-449d-bec5-
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They should be all more or less the same, although in some case they
provide a better boat and better food based on what I heard. I would
just walk around the old town of Hanoi (north of the Hoan Kiem lake),
visit a few travel agencies and compare the offerings.
In the hotel they might try to sell you an overpriced tour.

jobloj wrote,

My wife and I did this trip last year. As suggested by Alfred Molon, there
are plenty of operators in the 'Old Quarter', north of Hoan Kiem Lake. We
used Handspan located at 80 Ma May Street for the Ha Long cruise. They
offer one or several nights tours and other adventure tours. Their prices
were reasonable and provided an excellent boat and food for the cruise. I
would use them again. You can Google them on the Internet. Happy travels.

rg

On 1 Apr, 05:39, "Sharkbait" verizon.net> wrote:

Thanks for your advice Alfred and Sharkbait! That's exactly what we'll
do then.
J.

well. I have done the Ha Long Bay trip last year and it was a wonderful
experience that for sure I would repeat if I go back to Viet nam

there are all ranges of prices. I met people that paid about 100 dollars for
three nights.. but had to pay for their air conditioning extra

we paid about 300 dollars each. It was one of the best junks ( not the
biggest though) with 14 cabins

On Apr 8, 5:30 pm, "tile" wrote:

I'd be careful of having any clothes made in Vietnam. They don't seem
to last.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore (Hanoi 2000-2005)

In article <47fb6585$0$4789$4fafbaef@reader4.news.tin.it>, tile says...

I only paid $17. Looks like you overpaid a lot.

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On Apr 8, 5:30 pm, "tile" wrote:

I'd be careful of having any clothes made in Vietnam. They don't seem
to last.

Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore (Hanoi 2000-2005)

yes but what do you expect to get for 10 dollars ??

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I looked at prices offered. they were all the same for that type of junk.

I do not think that even in viet nam you get 3 meals a day for 17 dollars