Dear Freddy,
Sorry it has taken so long to get back to you following our excellent holiday in Vietnam. I would like to thank you for taking the time to treat us to a cup of tea in Hanoi but more importantly could you please pass on mine and Lynne’s thanks to everybody who was involved in our tour, from Nga who put the whole trip together, to all the guides and drivers who escorted us during the trip. The whole experience was wonderful, the accommodation was first class, I enjoyed all of the food and we certainly saw everything we wanted too. I must specifically thank Dan our guide in Hanoi, on hearing that I wasn’t a great fish fan he contacted the boat in Halong Bay to tell them, I must have been very popular with the chef on board who prepared meat dished just for me. The food on the junk was absolutely fantastic even more so when you consider what facilities were available in the galley. The highlight of the trip was probably kayaking in Halong Bay at 7 in the morning, when the guide on the boat suggested we set off at 6.30 I thought I may just stay in bed, we mutually agreed that 7 was a better time. We were in the water at 7 and made our way to the lake in the middle of the islands , access through the cave, when we got in there we were the only 3 boats in the whole place, we stopped rowing………………..just silence, a couple of birds hovering overhead a family of monkeys playing in a recess in the rocks……..it was pure magic. We did a circuit of the lake all on our own, it did get much busier as we were leaving so we were really glad of the early start. We certainly got a flavor of Vietnam from the hustle and bustle of HCMC (which I loved) to the more sedate pace in Hoian, it was brilliant I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending Asian Travel Vietnam to anybody wanting to visit Vietnam, or the surrounding countries. Once again many thanks for organizing the whole thing for us.