Light Cruise for Our Day Trip to Halong Bay in Vietnam

Welcome onboard Light Cruise; the compact vessel that shall bring us to explore the beauty of the UNESCO world heritage site of Halong Bay. But before we could embark, certain process would be required.

The process of purging the previous group of travelers. From the tone of our tour guide and his constant reminders that disposable bottles mustn't be brought onto the vessel; it appeared that the vessel was delayed for almost an hour due to something that this group had done. 

QN-8887 - Mom would have loved the license number for this boat, known as Light Cruise. And she would likely spend a bit of money on the lottery by buying the four numbers.

Time to board! 

Interior of the main seating area; more like a dining room for six persons to one rectangular table. The four of us were fortunate to be seated with this loving couple from Belgium; Mieke and Jan! 

Good thing was that the area wasn't enclosed as I am weak and have the tendency for motion sickness unless I am on a cruise ship or I can feel the wind brushing against my skin. 

Shortly after sailing, lunch was served! 

Click here to see what we had.

Washroom that came equipped with a rainfall shower! 

Furthermore, a toilet bowl with a non-electrical bidet!

Proceeding to the upper deck! 

Note: no elevator that I could see.

Artificial green turf with sundecks and outdoor furniture.

Key thing to remind everyone; bring sunblock for your skin! 

Thankfully, it was still relatively gloomy and we didn't see much of the sun. I didn't get sunburnt despite wearing a sleeveless tee shirt and I was on the upper deck most of the time when the ship was cruising all over Halong Bay.

View of the bottom deck from the upper deck.

Bridge of Light Cruise; do be assured that the ship was anchored and that's the reason why there's no one manning the steering wheel. There was an immense urge to want to push some buttons but the mature, rational mind of mine deterred me from doing anything stupid. 

Guessing this would be the rest area for the crew.

More seats at the back and they had the advantage of being sheltered. Only issue is that due to its secular location, it's a favorite of smokers. So you have to choose between being sunburnt or getting cancer from second hand smoke. 

Another room that was locked up. According to the website of Light Cruise, there appeared to be two private rooms on the ship although from the look of them, I don't see the point of being holed up in rooms. 

C'mon, it's the halong bay! 

We should spend the time taking in the spectacular sights! 

p.s. these jewelry and pearls were merchandise and the staff on board would try to sell to you. Just politely say no if you are uninterested, as we were. 

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