My brother in law had this trip on his bucket list for quite some time. A night floating on the river drinking beer and fishing. We booked 2 rooms one for our family and one for a bunch of our friends. The sleeping arrangements were local style a bunch of mattresses on the floor next to each other and sleep in groups of partners/family. Seems strange to a westerner but a common practice here.

Local Thai Style Holiday

What an experience it was. A true local style Thailand holiday. We set up the Thai clay pot BBQ which we grilled prawns and fish we bought from the ตลาดไทย​ Talad Thai Fishmarket​ and cracked some long necks of Chang Beer. Got the fishing lines setup for an all-nighter of fishing, beer & Sangsom (Thai rum that tastes more like whiskey)

Contact Details

Now you might need some help from a Thai speaking person if you wish to book this one as it’s all bookings via phone and they tend to book out so some pre-planning is needed. You will also need to bring your own fishing gear, bait and all supplies with you as there was not anything close by if you run out.

Phone : +66 86 780 9810
I believe only Thai spoken

Noodle Man

One of my highlights was the following morning a man in a boat comes along to every room that hailed him down and made Tom Yum noodles out of his modified Tom Yum Noodle Boat. He claims he has been working along this stretch of river for 10 years! He can sell up to 5kg of noodles a day. Not bad for 50 baht! (A$2)

Location

Address : Tambon Bang Sai, Bang Sai District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya 13190, Thailand

When given the chance to go look at a cruise there were so many options. One stuck out for us being party animals a party cruise what else ??

Room

From the minute we stepped onto the boat we were surprised at the luxury. We actually asked is this really our room? The price was quite high for Vietnam, but all the cruises are around the same and are inclusive of food onboard. We were happy to be surrounded by a younger crowd rather than a floating retirement village and after the briefing headed to the bar. We stocked up on beers about 12 to be precise as we temporally anchored.

Canoe Trip

We then got some canoes from a floating dock and filled it with about 10 beers left for me and Luna for the adventure though some caves and through absolutely breathe taking views. Once we returned we done about an hour of beer yoga then retired to the spa.

The facility’s on Oasis Bay’s Boat

The boat had 2 spas one being I think a 12 or 14 seater inside and a smaller one on the front of the ship. During the day after a beautiful cruise through the limestone coast we pulled up anchor and they inflated a massive floating trampoline on the ocean. They also encouraged us to climb to the top of the ship and jump into the ocean if we desired.

My thoughts on Halong Bay

Surroundings

Unfortunately my camera at this time was not so great. The pictures really don’t do the area any justice.

Drinks Menu

They asked politely that if anybody bought any alcoholic drinks on with them that they did not consume them on board. The menu was about double the price of onshore yet we are talking about $2 beers. My entire bill was around A$65 for 2 people. The receipts below you can see what we consumed 🙂

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