I believed women in Vietnam are pretty tough. Everywhere I can saw women do pretty hard and blue collar job, as labor. Here a Vietnamese woman sailed a ship.

This was the water for our Junk, uncovered during the rainy day and the worker moved the pipe by leg. I doubted they ever cleaned the containers too. We did drink a tea, and got no diarrhea. But it’s a good idea to bring lots of water, wine and soft drinks on board too, as drinks are not included in the tour package, as a way for them to earn more.

Whenever a cruise boat or a junk stops wherever in Halong Bay, it will most likely be approached by Vietnamese hawker on this type of small boat, hoping to sell something to the tourists, such as drinks, fruits, fishes, snacks and most things you can imagined.

We walked to the tourist wharf which located along Ha Long Road beside that Thang Long Restaurant. Everybody was in raincoat. This is the main entry where your ticket will be checked to go into the tourist boat pier.
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At Halong City, we were droped and asked to wait at Quang Ninh Tourist Company operated Thang Long Restaurant, along Bai Chay street. The restaurant is just beside the tourist wharf / boat pier. It was raining all day since we departed from Hanoi. Here, we were assigned to another guide which will lead another group of people in another junk.
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Weather in Vietnam was really unpredictable. Before we came, the weather was so hot till 37 ºC. Just before departure, the weather forecast said it’s going to be scattered thunderstorm. I was expecting the worst, that the weather in Hanoi is going to be hot, and with occasionally raining. But I never expected it to be able rained whole days from the morning till now.
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On the way to Halong City, the bus made a refreshment stop at Dai Nghia Humanitarian Center, which claims handicapped children affected by agent orange and war invalids and martyrs were taught to do some handicraft so that they could self supported.
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We’re picked up from our hotel at about 7.30 am. We then were brought to Vietnam Opentour office at 56 TranNhatDuat, HoanKiem Hanoi. I was not sure if it’s the tour operator real name or not, but anyway I got some contact details:

Tel: 84-4-9284504
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.vietnamtourism.com.vn
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