Valentine Cruise 3 days 2 nights

Day 1: Hanoi – Valentine Junk Cruise Halong Bay
We depart from the capital at 8 :30 am for Halong Bay approximately three hours away. En route we have a short stop at the Sao Do center run for and by handicapped children for short break. Upon arrival at Halong Bay we will be met by captain and cruise and transferred to Valentine Junk .Welcome on board and set sail through bay while lunch is served. Passage into the magical bay, where thousands of sculpted limestone islands rise from the waves like dragons’ teeth. Opportunity to visit beautiful limestone grotto, go swimming or sunbathing. Enjoy cocktails while watching sunset and later unwind at Valentine restaurant. If weather permits, a short night cruise could bring you a nice discovery of the sea life by night. Overnight on Valentine Junk.

Day 2: Valentine Junk Cruise Halong Bay
After breakfast, transfer to your day–trip boat with private crew and cruise to the bay’s most untouched areas. Enjoy swimming on quiet beaches, visiting water tunnels, fishing villages . Lunch served on board by your private chef. Return to the mother boat for the night. At sunset time,simply take a bamboo row boat to discover a water tunnel with many coral reefs in a scenic lagoon. Back on board Valentine, enjoy cocktails while watching sunset and later unwind at Valentine l restaurant. Overnight on Valentine Junk cruise.

Day 3: Valentine Cruise Halong – Return to Hanoi
Greet the day with an opportunity to take the runrise Yoga and enjoy the view the sunrise over the bay. visit a beautiful limestone grotto, then return to the boat for a final glimpse of Halong Bay while cruising back to the pier. After brunch at Valentine Restaurant, transfer back to Hanoi. Check out Valentine Cruise 12.00 departure for Hanoi. Arrive Hanoi at 4.00PM. The Trip Ends!

Rules for kid:
Child under 5 years old: free of charge
Child from 5-12 years old: 50% charge
Child reduction applicable only if sharing a cabin with maximum of 02 adutls and only 1 child maximum per cabin.

Peak season surcharge:
25% on Christmas 24/12; New Year 31/12 and Lunar New Year’s Eve.

Inclusions :
Entrance fees, Taxes and Service Charge
Yoga sunrise morning class
English or French speaking guide on board
Luxury accomodation with A/C, hot shower, mini bar
Exclusive Cruise through Halong Bay
Round trip transfer from Hanoi by private car/ van
Welcome win, Vietnamese Seafood Sit Down Lunch,

Exclusions :
Tips, extras and other services not mentioned in the tour above

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Engagement Ceremony

In Vietnam, the engagement is a festive ceremony involving the fiancé’s and fiancée’s families, and arranged in advance by the parents. The engagement is considered very important, and in some areas, even more important than the wedding.

Well before the engagement day, each family chooses two representatives from their side. The representatives can be family members or friends, but are usually a married couple who have a happy family of their own. Although there are two representatives, the man is the one who actually does the  representation, requesting for the fiancée’s hand in marriage on behalf of the fiancé’s family, exchanging gifts, and controlling the flow of the ceremony.

In addition to selecting their representatives, the families get together to negotiate the dowry and a date and time for the ceremony.  Traditionally, the date and time are chosen based on the fiancé’s and fiancée’s dates and hours of birth, but in a fast-paced society, such as that of the United States, it is usually a matter of convenience.

Several days prior to the engagement day the fiancé’s parents prepare gifts to proffer to the fiancée’s family.  These gifts include betel leaves and areca nut fruits (trau cau), wine, tea, husband-wife cake (banh phu the), sticky rice, other foods, and jewelry.  They are placed in trays and wrapped in red plastic paper, with the belief that red will bring good luck.  In addition to the other foods, a whole pig is roasted and placed in a large tray, to be carried to the fiancee’s home by two young men.  Meanwhile, the fiancé is getting the ring ready, and the fiancée, preparing herself for the ceremony.

On engagement day, the fiancé’s family bear the gifts to the fiancée’s home and is greeted by the fiancée’s family. Once everyone is inside, the fiancé’s representative asks the other representative for the fiancée’s hand in marriage on behalf of his party.  The fiancée’s representative graciously accepts the gifts and presents the fiancée to her in-laws to be united.  Together, the engaged couple prays in front of the family altar and asks their ancestors for approval.  When the prayer is finished, the fiance places the engagement ring on his fianced’s finger.

Following the ring presentation, the representatives formally introduce their party’s family members according to his or her family role.  From this moment forward, the fiancé and fiancée are official members of their in-law family, and should refer to their in-law family members by their respective roles – “dad”, “mom”, “uncle”, “aunt”, and so forth. The parents in return accept a new son or daughter into their own family.  After the ceremony, the families celebrate the momentous occasion with a feast organized by the fiancée’s family.  It is expected that half of the food gifts received be unwrapped and shared before the fiance’s family leaves.

The day after the engagement, the engaged couple and their parents visit their neighbors, friends, co-workers, and relatives who could not attend the ceremony. They bring some betel leaves and areca nuts, tea and/or wines to spread the good fortune.

Wedding Ceremony

Wedding is very important to Vietnamese, not only to the couple involved, but also for both families. Thus, it is usually including quite a few formal ritual observances. The Wedding day is usually chosen well in advance by the groom and the bride’s parents (in the old time, it is not necessarily Saturday or Sunday, as well as they believe it is good based on the groom and the bride’s age).

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