VHN extends Summer Promotion 2009 for Victory Star cruise

Vietnamholidaynow would like to send our special thanks to all our value clients.

After 3 months of applying the summer Promotion for Victory Star cruise and receiving positive responds from our clients, we decide to extend this campaign until 30th September 2009 with the hope of giving more chance for international travellers to come and visit our wonderful World heritage Halong bay. Victory Star cruise is newly built and featured with deluxe accommodation and amenities.

Hereinafter is the detailed itinerary by Victoria Star cruise

Day 1: Hanoi - Halong bay (L/D)

08.30: Pick up by at hotel, 3 hours drive to Halong city.
12.30: Boarding Victoria cruise for departure. Welcome drink is served.
13.00 - 14.30: Lunch is served while cruising through BAI TU LONG Bay.
16.00: Trekking or swimming at SOI SIM Island.
17.15: Cruising to visit HANG DOI water tunnel with row boat.
18.30: Docking for overnight.
19.30: Diner is served. Accommodation and overnight on junk

Day 2: Hanlong bay - Hanoi (B)

06.30: Sunrise Yoga class on sundeck. Coffee or tea is served.
08.00: Visit splendid SUNG SOT grotto with a quick glimpse at the nearby fishing village.
09.00: Buffet breakfast while cruising back through Ha Long Bay to the pier.
10.00: Luggage pulls out. Clear all bills.
11.00: Arrive at the pier.
12.30 Bus transfer back to Hanoi. Tour ends.

The promotion price applied for deluxe room is 233USD/cabin (max 2 passengers) and excluded transfer from and to hotel in Hanoi. Full information of this cruise can be seen at http://vietnamhalongbaycruise.com/halong-cruise/victory-star-cruise.html?page=shop.product_details&flypage=tab.tpl&product_id=34&category_id=17&Itemid=92

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Vibrant Mekong delta tour with fantastic cruises

After our wonderful Hah-pie Tour welcome, we decided to take one of their "cultural adventures", a cruise in the Mekong River Delta, south of Saigon. We were introduced to our guide, friendly and helpful, though of limited English outside the tour script. We travelled with about 8 others, and had fun bonding over lunch and busses. We then boarded the typical Mekong Delta passenger craft, a long dragon-style boat with an awning and a driver at the back. The Mekong is masssive but calm at the delta, and is a huge center of commerce, industry and agriculture. Not to mention tourism. We passed about 25 identical boats carrying virtually identical tour groups!



The trip was pretty typical, lots of stops to view local industry followed by shops in which to purchase products of local industry. We visited a coconut candy factory that produces a sticky, thickly sweet candy which is wrapped by hand. The hand wrapping was by far the most impressive part, two women moving at the speed of sound wrapping in excess of 5000 candies each per day. We were in awe...obviously, many of you will be receiving coconut candy when we return. The factory was also home to a python and a beehive. (?) We got to hold the python, but said no thanks to the bee hive.



The Mekong Delta is also home to several floating markets where farmers bring commercial quantities of fruit and fish to sell to shops from the cities. The crews are mostly women, typically wearing the traditional outfit of ao dai (pants and a long slit dress) and the bamboo cone hat. They were happy to pose for pictures and chat as our boats crossed paths.

It was fun to see the boats piled high with "exotic" fruits...pineapples so ripe we could smell them, bright dragon fruits, fuzzy rambuttan and the dreaded durian. We stayed the night in a small village (not floating) with a really nice family. We were accompanied by a South African artist and an American couple who were old enough to know better than the way they behaved! In the space of one meal they managed to bring up: the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, religion and local politics. The also managed to make the unbelievable statement that "Vietnam is doing so well, maybe the war wasn't such a bad thing." Since most of their comments were met with stunned silence, changing the subject was easy. The conversation was much more comfortable when it centered on: local industry, the adorable graddaughters, the beautiful house and the fantastic meal. It was a fun experience, but it had the flavor of a hotel much more than a homestay.

Our last stop was a bonsai tree garden. Susan's comment "That's those little trees, right?" foretold her decision to stay in the bus for the 15 minute stop. Michelle found the little trees captivating and exciting, and wholeheartedly believes that Susan missed out on one of the trip highlights.



Next up, Michelle and Susan visit the food capital of Vietnam, where Michelle discovers a violent aversion to papya, durian, jackfruit and anything that even remotely smells like any of them!



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