Day 13-15: Vietnam's Ha Long Bay 第13-15日：越南北征之下龙篇

*first of all, I would like to apologize for the my broken English here. Please do not continue your reading if you are easily to get irritated by bad English, Thank you!

下龙湾——位于广宁（Quang Ninh）的下龙县。

一个似乎没去就代表没去过越南的地方。本身觉得这里太过商业化，下龙湾本身的景色不比宁平湖面风光美丽，成千上万的旅客也很煞风景。河内里就有不少旅行社有安排下龙湾配套，有25美金一日游、60美金2天1夜或百多块美金3天2夜等等。我们是搭巴士从海防过去下龙县的，车费大概7美金左右。

Ha Long Bay -- Located at Quang Ninh's Vinh Ha Long.

It's seem like never been Vietnam if you never go to Ha Long Bay, an iconic tourism spot in Vietnam. To me this place is too commercialized, the scenery of the Trang An in Ninh Binh is so much better than here, plus the thousand of tourist really spoiled everything.

There are many tour package to Ha long Bay from Hanoi, from 25 USD daily tour to 100 over USD for 3 days 2 nights. We took the bus which cost us 7USD from Hai Phong.

我们入住的旅社15美金左右，地点靠近当地的夜市卖场及菜市场，而附近也找到出租电单车，也有很多背包旅社。第2日清晨我们去了当地菜市场吃早餐，后来路过一间小食肆，看见让我惊心动魄的一幕——两只猫与几只鸡关在一个笼子里。越南人吃猫狗肉我知道，也许对很多人来说不代表什么。一直只看见招牌没看见任何形迹，这一次也还是看到活生生的猫，两只平时看见鸡可能会追赶的顽皮猫，如今怯生生地躲在笼子的角落，等待着被宰然后吃进人类肚皮的命运……

The hotel we stayed around 15 USD, it's near the local's market and the night bazaar, the are some motorbike rental and surround by some back packer's hostel too. The next day we went to the morning market to grab some breakfast, on the way i saw a scene which was really shocking, 2 cats were locked in a cage with some chicken.  I knew they eat dog or cat but that was the first time i saw the pity cat which so scared and hidden at the corner...

后来乘搭公共巴士到另一个岛去冒险，也去了那边的商场看看。所谓的商场与菜市场大同小异，室外有卖蔬菜水果肉类等，室内则是手工艺品、衣饰等等。令我们惊喜的是，商场后面就可以看到下龙县浓厚的当地渔民生活及部分下龙湾美景。部分渔民都住在渔船上，就像郭富城所主演《浮城大亨》里的‘疍家人’一样。当天其中一幕是一个母亲带着孩子划着小船，迎向在岸边等待的父亲。

We went to a local super market by the public transport. What was suprised us was the nice scenery at the back of the market, local fisherman's living by the Ha Long Bay. 

 

第二日早晨我们就出发去下龙湾。以下是我们比较后4个小时一日游配套的价格：

1. 1.       路边旅行社=23美金包一个接送。
2. 2.       小旅社=15美金包来回接送。
3. 3.       我们天龙酒店=13 美金包来回接送。
4. 4.       码头自己买票=5美金，德士大概3美金来回。

结果，穷游的我们当然选择第4咯。

怎么说呢，就是坐在船上看着大大小小的石灰岩岛屿，还有一堆堆的船只。美丽，是美丽的，但是看了宁平长安的近距离游湖，这就没什么看头了。我们的配套有停留Thien Cung 钟乳石岩洞，不过时间还蛮有限的，还未走完船家就来喊走人了。无论如何，总算来过下龙湾吧。

The next day we went to Ha Long Bay. Below were the prices for 4 hours tour after we survey:
1. Tourist Company - 23 USD included 1 way transfer.
2. Small hostel around - 15 USD included 2 ways transfer.
3. Our hotel - 13 USD included 2 ways transfer.
4. Ticket booth at Jetty - 5 USD, taxi took around 3 USD for return.

Of cause we'd chosen the 4 at the end.

Other than the islands, what you can see were thousand of ships or boat or tourist... We went to a cave too but in a very limited time. 

下龙县有什么好吃？就听说来到这里一定要吃海鲜，路边大大小小布满不少餐厅，也有营业者不断在路边招客。我们选择了一家装修不错、也客似云来的餐厅。第一晚由于客满，店员也无暇应酬我们，结果就随便去了一家有韩国字的餐厅，结果只有失望二字，所以第二晚就尽早到达这家生意不断的Hong Hanh餐馆。又一次疯狂地点了一堆只有两个人吃也吃不完的海鲜餐，味道其实都不错，尤其他们的芝士烤面包，有机会去的话，你们一定要尝试一下。

Been told must eat the seafood in Ha Long. We went to a restaurant "Hong Hanh" where with full of customers by the main road. The taste were good and fresh especially the cheese bread, which you can't miss it, it's really good. 

小记：

我的朋友在下龙湾经历了被骗经验。他们以80美金买了4公斤的鱼，后来得知此种鱼在马来西亚菜市场才4美金一公斤。在此附上照片警告警告。

NOTE:
My friends had a bad experience in Ha Long Bay recently. They been cheated to bought 4 kilograms fish with 80 USD, and they found out it's only cost 4 USD in Malaysia's market. Please aware.