island | Where is Yumi?

31/07/201830/07/2018

Vung Vieng village

Me and my family went to Floating Fishing Village called Vung Vieng village by Garden Bay Luxury Cruise. The village is very quiet and clean, surroundings with breathtaking view of rocky islands. We were dropped off by a tender at a big floating lodge, probably built for tourists; Information Center, I think. There were toilets, a map and a cat too. (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡

They gave us choice between bamboo boat and kayaking to go around the Vung Vieng area. A bamboo boat is a good choice if you don’t want to take any action. Just sit and relax. We chose kayaking. It was fun too. (๑˘︶˘๑)

It started from the main floating lodge. It took about 40mns to come back. On the way, we saw a small floating school for children, fishing houses, fishing boats, and some village dogs too. Doing kayak slowly while looking at these beautiful surroundings was very nice experience.

29/07/201826/07/2018

Overnight on a Cruise

Yumi is on the cruise. (◕‿◕)♡

Actually, there are so many cruises to choose from, but as I did the research and reviews, Garden Bay Luxury Cruise is likely to be one of the most popular cruises among travelers with suitable price and many activities including kayaking, swimming, fishing, visiting a cave etc.

There are some cruises are 2 times, 3 times, even 5 times expensive than ours. Don’t know what are the different. w(°ｏ°)w

We did an overnight on Halong Bay Luxury Cruise. We had a wonderful experience. The cruise was so lovely both outside and inside with wooden old-style designed. The room was comfortable. It had 1 large double bed and 1 single bed for 3 of us. The balcony was just perfect, I wish I could sit there whole day.

The bathroom was just right in front of the beds. No door, they used a curtain instead, and I felt it wasn’t big enough. So be careful while walking naked. Anyway, the bathroom was clean and had hot water too.ヽ(♡‿♡)ノ

26/07/201826/07/2018

Waiting for a cruise

Yumi is at Garden Bay Luxury Cruise office. (◕‿◕)♡

Halong Bay is really one of the most tourist attractions in Hanoi. Hundreds of travelers continuously came while we were waiting at the Garden Bay Luxury Cruise office. Too many that there were not enough seats for them to sit. Some were standing; some were sitting on the floors when all of the travelers were gathered together (there were other cruise offices nearby too). Most of them were Europeans, only few Asians were seen on that day.

Anyway, if you get bored of waiting or get annoyed by smoking (a lot of people smoking around), about 50 meters away from the office, there is a small pier where you can enjoy fresh air, as well as looking at the scenery of Halong City at your right side and awaiting cruises near the shore at your left side.

“Is my cruise coming yet?” that’s what I thought while looking to this direction. ♡＼(￣▽￣)／♡

14/07/201821/07/2018

Island Food

Talking about food, Koh Andet Eco Resort is located on isolated island, once you get on the island there are no other restaurants beside the restaurant itself unless you go to Koh Kong city which is 20kms away. ヾ( ￣O￣)ツ Why need to do this such troublesome thing, while we go there to relax?

I can say the food on Koh Andet Eco Resort is double in price compared to the mainland, but I don’t think it’s expensive at all because it will take about 2 hours back and forth to the city if you want a good restaurant.

If you eat food on the resort, you can spend more time relaxing or swimming or do kayaking too.

And I don’t think you can find any restaurants which give you fresh air and have amazing views around as this one in the city. With these beautiful scenery around my table, I’m going to say the food here is very reasonable and delicious. (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) ♡

12/07/201821/07/2018

Fruit season at Tatai River

I went to Tatai River in the end of May this year and it was good timing for fruits. The area is famous for pnheav fruit (called in Khmer and lansium arasiticum in English), also mangostana, rabutan, durain, pineapple etc. from May to July.

If you stay at Koh Andet Eco Resort during fruit season, you can enjoy picking and eating phneav fruits as much as you can since phneav trees there will be full with many fruits, and they allow the guests to pick and eat for free.

If you don’t like sour fruit, you can visit local village along Tatai River for other fruits where they’re naturally grown and the price is a lot cheaper compared to the mainland.