Alina Mcleod (from Toronto, Canada) is a famous travel blogger, owning a personal Youtube channel with more than 237,000 followers. She has had the opportunity to visit many countries in Eastern Europe, Latin America and Southeast Asia such as Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, etc.

During a recent trip to Vietnam , a beautiful Canadian female tourist had the opportunity to visit Ha Long ( Quang Ninh ), a destination that is not only famous domestically but also attracts a large number of foreign visitors every year.

Alina Mcleod had a trip to explore Vietnam a few months ago. She spent time visiting many famous tourist destinations such as Ho Chi Minh City, Hoi An (Quang Nam), Hanoi and Ha Long (Quang Ninh) (Photo: Alina Mcleod)

This time, instead of traveling alone as usual, Alina brought her father here to experience and explore “one of the seven new natural wonders of the world”. Alina said she decided to book a tour to Quang Ninh, experience a luxury cruise, drifting on Ha Long Bay after consulting information and positive reviews on some famous online travel websites.

The trip lasted 2 days and 1 night, costing 400 USD/2 people (over 9.4 million VND). Alina said that with this amount of money, she could have used many other experiences and services in Vietnam, but she was completely satisfied with what the cruise on Ha Long Bay brought.

“It was worth paying an extra $100 – $200 (about VND2.3 – 4.7 million) because the cruise I booked was really good, offering more luxurious and exciting experiences than expected,” Alina commented.

Canadian female tourist enjoys 5-star cruise experience in Ha Long Bay (Photo cut from clip)

It is known that the yacht that Alina chose is a 5-star yacht, with a wooden interior design with 22 luxury and high-class bedrooms. In particular, all rooms have balconies, equipped with modern equipment systems from showers, washbasins to lights, beds, mattresses,...

In addition, the cruise ship also has a system of restaurants and bars designed in European style, serving a variety of foods and drinks from Asia to Europe, and a sun terrace, gym, massage room, etc.

Alina revealed that she booked a room on the third floor of the cruise ship. The room had a large balcony, with tables and chairs for tea. From here, she could look far away and fully admire the beautiful bay scenery, so she felt very satisfied and excited.

In addition, the enthusiasm, thoughtfulness and friendliness of the service staff are also plus points that make the Canadian female tourist even more impressed with the quality of the trip and the experience she has chosen.

Inside the room of two foreign guests on a 5-star cruise in Ha Long (Photo cut from clip)

Regarding food, Alina and the tourists are served 3 free main meals, including 1 self-service buffet with a variety of dishes, beautifully decorated from Asian to European dishes and 2 meals according to the menu. In addition, on the second day on the cruise, they are also served a buffet breakfast in the morning.

The young girl and her father especially loved the dinner on the cruise with many delicious dishes made from famous seafood of Quang Ninh sea such as pho rolls with Ha Long squid rolls, Hue royal grapefruit and shrimp salad, seafood and mushroom soup, pan-fried sea bass, etc. and dessert with coconut cream cake and seasonal fruits.

The self-service buffet lunch with many beautifully decorated dishes impressed and delighted the Canadian female tourist (Photo cut from clip)

This female tourist also shared that during their stay on the cruise, they participated in many interesting outdoor activities such as practicing Tai Chi in the early morning, kayaking in the bay, swimming in the Ba Trai Dao area or exploring Hang Sang - Hang Toi, visiting Tra Bau area - the filming location of the famous movie Kong Skull Island (King Kong) in Quang Ninh in 2018,...

Alina and her father joined in kayaking, going down the river to see the beautiful surrounding bay.

In particular, Alina also enjoyed experiencing the home delivery service while floating in the middle of the bay, surrounded by water on all sides.

“There was a woman rowing a boat loaded with items such as candy, snacks, drinks, etc. moving around the boat and using a long stick with a large mesh bag to deliver the goods to the tourists. I tried buying a bottle of Vietnamese wine for 500,000 VND,” she described.

Western tourists are surprised with the experience of shopping on the spot while floating on a cruise ship in the middle of Ha Long Bay (Photo cut from clip)

At the end of the trip, Alina and her father were very satisfied with the experiences that the 2-day-1-night luxury cruise on Ha Long Bay brought.

Alina's father commented that the trip "deserves a perfect 10 for quality". The female tourist affirmed that she had "nothing to complain about" during the trip because the experiences were "wonderful, worth every penny".

She expressed her hope that if she has the opportunity to return here, she will definitely book a tour with a longer itinerary, about 3 days 2 nights, to have more time to enjoy and fully experience the activities on the bay.

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