Worst experience in Vietnam!
The nightmare started on the bus, the guide ‘Benny’ was rude, arrogant and forceful. Demanded extra cash in front of other passengers for a transfer fee that wasn’t prearranged. He forced a payment at the toilet stop, by unloading our cases and holding his hand out.
Arrival at the boat was just as bad, the ship looks okay in the photos. Don’t let them fool you. This is an old, beaten up, worn out boat that looks like it could break in two any time now. Anything but premium. I hate to think what the standard tour is like.
We were shown to the restaurant deck for a welcome drink. Avoid this! Not sure anyone drank it.
Then given the keys to our rooms. We had a ‘suite’ which was oversold. This was the smallest room possible with two single beds pushed together to make a double bed. The sheets were dirty plus the bed had bugs crawling under the covers. Disgusting! Not to mention the dirt and mould next to the pillows.
The toilet was cleanish but there really wasn’t enough room to get in the cubicle, let alone use the toilet. The shower cubicle was much the same. This was temperamental and was rarely warm. There were missing rails and handles and the doors were barley closing.
There was a balcony, if you could call it that. Just enough space for a chair is overselling it. The door was open, permanently letting bugs in, by about an inch away from the frame. We asked if we could leave at this point but we were ushered off to our activity.
They took us to the caves, which were really really stunning. This was a nice part to the trip, however the guide left us behind and continued his tour with the rest of the boat. He clearly didn’t like us much. After the caves we had been told we could hike or swim on another’s island. We choose to hike to see the views as the swimming area was so over crowded as there was about 20 full cruises in at the same time! When we arrived we were then told to hike then swim! Of course, we didn’t bring any swimming kit (not that we wanted to) but then had to sit for 1 hour to wait for the rest of the group to finish their activities. Miss-sold!
The boat served ‘dinner’ none of which was hot or edible. The fish tased off and the meat very dry and over cooked.
Then straight to karaoke. This was the grand total of entertainment on offer.
The room was terrible, the food was inedible, there were cockroaches on the deck, the drinks were overly expensive, we got no sleep, the boat was old and beaten the experience was unfortunately one i’ll remember for life for all the wrong reasons!
If we could have gotten off the boat early we would have.
Avoid at all costs!!! Please don’t spend your money with this company!