Opera House චාරිකා

Wonderful day trip. It was a long day due to travel time there and back, but it was worth it. We had a great guide, and the transportation was well-organized and comfortable. The boat was excellent, with lunch, kayaking, swimming, and beautiful surroundings. The golf cart ride across the island to the cave and museum was also a lot of fun. It was nice that it was small-scale and not overly touristy.

මිනා සමඟ මෙම ඇවිදීමේ චාරිකා සැසියේදී උණුසුම් සහ පොහොසත් අත්දැකීමක් ලැබුණා. ඇය කරුණාවන්ත සහ උණුසුම් පුද්ගලයෙක් වන අතර, හැනෝයි පිළිබඳ ඇයගේ දැනුම ඉතා සිත්ගන්නා සුළුයි. අපගේ කණ්ඩායම කුඩායි, පුද්ගලයන් 5 දෙනෙකු පමණක් සිටි නිසා සම්බන්ධ වීමට සහ චාරිකා ස්ථානය වටා එකට ඇවිදීමට පහසු වුණා. ඔබට ඡායාරූප පමණක් නොව, හැනෝයි හි සැබෑ කථාන්දර නිවසට ගෙන යාමට අවශ්‍ය නම්... මෙම චාරිකාව අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම යා යුතු එකක්. ඇත්තෙන්ම :)

Since my hotel didn't offer pickup, I decided to go to the Hanoi Opera House. It wasn't far from the hotel, so that was fine. The pickup vehicle arrived about 10 minutes later than the scheduled time. The bus wasn't a luxury one, but it was acceptable. Before reaching Ha Long Bay, we first stopped at a shop selling goods. There was no pressure to buy anything. I just bought a drink. The boat we boarded wasn't large, but it was quite impressive. The boat departed around 10:30 AM. A buffet lunch was served on board starting at 11:00 AM. The meal wasn't bad. Ha Long Bay is a beautiful marine park, and you can enjoy the stunning scenery from the boat. Many tour boats dotted the sea, which was also a spectacular sight. There's a basic option to visit a short sea cave by rowing boat, and also time to enjoy kayaking. Taking a speedboat is an optional extra for an additional fee. On the way back, there was a cooking class on board, but only locals participated. Overall, if you're not focused on enjoying the scenery, it could be a bit boring. However, it was a wonderful opportunity to fully appreciate the beautiful scenery of Ha Long Bay. The sea was calm, so there was no seasickness. On the bus ride back to Hanoi, we stopped at another shop selling goods. Again, there was no pressure to buy. The shops were selling items that could also be bought in Hanoi, but at higher prices. These shops need to change. They should offer products that can entice tourists to open their wallets, at prices that are appropriate. That way, sales would likely increase. I bought another drink this time too. Our guide never pressured us. The guide was friendly and dedicated to their job. The price of a Ha Long Bay tour seems to vary depending on the luxury level of the transportation and the boat. The tour I experienced today felt like a mid-range option. However, I was satisfied with the tour because of the guide's kindness. I'd like to thank Allen, our guide, who was with us all day!^^

We had a great time on a tour with Annie and Vy! The bike ride was exciting and enjoyed the entire trip throughout the city and the history of Saigon. Thank you both for being the excellent guides. We highly recommend the tour if you want to soak yourself into the hidden gems of the street life here.

Wow, what a fantastic experience, to sit on the back of a scooter and be part of the traffic, and not just watch it from the sidewalk. It felt very safe to ride with Tera and her friend. It was also a great pleasure to hear them, as locals, explain more about the sights we passed on the trip. Tera's story about Thich Quang Duc in particular touched me a lot. Thank you so much for teaching us a little about Ho Chi Minh Tera 🙏🇻🇳

This tour was so fantastic. I was introduced to local eateries and food specialities. my tour guide Jinny was the sweetest most attentive guide. She explained all the food that we were eating, how to eat it, when it is eaten, and many of the customs involved. this is my first time in Vietnam and this exposure to the local food has made me much more confident in what to eat. I have also never been on the back of a scootter and this was singularly one of the coolest ways to see the city. Jinny was such a wealth of local knowledge and I learned so much from our chatting about the local area. Thank you Jinny for a fabulous evening of food, company and excitement.

ඊයේ දවස පුරාම ඩේසි සහ ඇගේ රියදුරු සමඟ අපට ඉතා ප්‍රියජනක දවසක් ගත කිරීමට ලැබුණා. අපි ලැකර් කලා වැඩමුළුවකට, කු චි උමං මාර්ගවලට, ලස්සන අවන්හලක දිවා ආහාරයට, යුද කෞතුකාගාරයට සහ නිදහස් මාලිගයට ගියා. ඩේසි දැනුමෙන් පිරිපුන් වූ අතරම අපට තනිවම ගවේෂණය කිරීමට ඉඩ සලසා දුන්නා. අපි උමං මාර්ගවලට ගිය විට මගේ බාලයා ඒවා හරහා බඩගා යාමට බිය වූ විට, අපේ පවුලේ සෙසු අය මීටර් 20 උමං මාර්ග හරහා යන අතරතුර ඩේසි ඇයව විනෝදයට පත් කළා - මාර්ගය වන විට ඉතා නිර්දේශිතයි! SUV රථය හිස් ආවරණ, කෝප්ප රඳවනයන්, චාජර්, ස්නැක්ස් සහ කැන්ඩි සමඟ අතිශයින් සුවපහසු විය. රියදුරු නැවුම් පැන්ඩන් කොළ පවා එකතු කළ නිසා මෝටර් රථය පුදුම සහගත ලෙස සුවඳවත් විය. එය දැඩි උණුසුම් දවසක් වූ අතර මෙම මෝටර් රථයට ආපසු යාමට හැකිවීම ස්වර්ගීය විය. අපට ඉතා හොඳින් සලකනු ලැබූ බවක් දැනුණු අතර හොඳම දවසක් ගත කළා. විනෝදජනක සහ අධ්‍යාපනික දවසක් සඳහා ඩේසි සහ මෙම අභිරුචි සංචාරය ඉතා නිර්දේශ කරනවා.

Khoi/Peter is very informative and is a great guide. We went on the jeep tour and enjoyed our time.

විශිෂ්ට අත්දැකීමක්! මාර්ගෝපදේශකයින් ඉතා මිත්‍රශීලී වූ අතර, විවිධ ගෘහ නිර්මාණ ශිල්පය සහ ඒවායේ ඉතිහාසය පිළිබඳව අපට හොඳ දැනුමක් ලබා දුන්නා. මගේ කණ්ඩායමද කෙත්වලට ගොස් සාමාන්‍ය සංචාරක මාවතෙන් බැහැර වූ අත්දැකීම බෙහෙවින් භුක්ති වින්දා. අපි ජූලි මාසයේ ගොස් දහවල් 1ට අපගේ සංචාරය ආරම්භ කළා. කාලගුණය මුලින්ම පොඩි වැස්සකින් ආරම්භ වී, පසුව උණුසුම් හිරු එළියක් ලැබී, අවසානයේ අධික වර්ෂාවකින් සංචාරය අවසන් වුණා. මාර්ගෝපදේශකයින් පොන්චෝ සහ ජලය සමඟ හොඳින් සූදානම්ව සිටි අතර අපි ආරක්ෂිතව සිටියා. මෙම සංචාරය ඔබ විසින්ම අත්විඳිය යුතු දෙයක් බැවින් වැඩි ඡායාරූප බෙදා නොගනිමි. විනෝද වන්න!