Ha Long Bay is Overrated (Part 1)

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Жыл бұрын

After doing a 1 night 2 day cruise, our conclusion is that Ha Long Bay is overrated. It was one of the most expensive things we did in Vietnam and our least favourite. Yes, the views from the cruise are impressive, but once you get closer to the water when you go kayaking you’ll see the side of Ha Long Bay not shown on social media: all the plastic floating in the water. It is incredibly heartbreaking. We realize that maybe not everyone had this experience. Maybe it was a bad area, maybe it was bad timing, but this type of plastic is coming from somewhere and does not accumulate overnight. We really hope that this will be addressed in the future and that part of the money collected from these expensive cruises will go towards clean-up and education. There is a better area to visit in Vietnam with similar views and no plastic (we actually saw clean up crews helping maintain this area) and we had a much better experience there. Location of this place will be shared in our next post.
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@s2heaRTSs2 Жыл бұрын

Trash is because of tourist who go there and leave shit everywhere. I was there in 2006, clean as. So sad to see the trash everywhere

@beepositivewlovelight5213 Жыл бұрын

😢Imagine not wanting to swim in waters, you had no idea your own people trashed....so sad. Meanwhile Jennie Mae just showed it looking way cleaner than this...smh.

@anonymousperson2345 11 ай бұрын

I dont think "overated" is the right word to use. The place is a natural beauty. Trash is a man-made problem. Your comment reflected westerners' mentality.

@Roadmap2Adventures 8 ай бұрын

The tour companies are working on reducing plastic waste. They banned any packaged product sales on board. Unfortunately it is still possible to by products from locals that come by in smaller boats and we have also seen some products that tourists won’t typically buy (like packaging of frozen meals). We hope the tour operators continue working with the government to reduce the plastic waste and to educate people!

@Roadmap2Adventures 8 ай бұрын

Apparently it depends on the swell. We’ve seen recent posts with little to no trash in the water.

@Missiloveafrica 7 ай бұрын

@@Roadmap2Adventures I've been there in November haven't seen any trash

@conghoang24123 7 ай бұрын

I am Vietnamese, and I feel incredibly disheartened when I witness the destruction of our natural heritage caused by humans. :

@triciaanddennisb9548 2 ай бұрын

Get your lazy ass up and clean it. Nobody wants to do, they just want to complain

@AngelRoblox-qy3id Ай бұрын

Same

@marvelfancyrus2847 Ай бұрын

It seems like a pretty easy clean up.

@Kingdom-Of-Cetus 8 күн бұрын

It’s actually caused by tourist

@dyno4672 6 күн бұрын

@@Kingdom-Of-Cetushere we go again blaming on other people rather than admitting it

@justsomeguy6474 Жыл бұрын

That is the true reality of almost everywhere in the ocean.

@Felix-pw6lf 10 ай бұрын

People like you saying it is overrated will not help the people’s situation seeing that their waters are being polluted already by tourists and then the same tourists call it overrated

@Roadmap2Adventures 8 ай бұрын

It sparks a conversation as we can attest. If everyone filters out experiences like that, that doesn’t help either. While I’m sure that tourism unfortunately continues to the pollution, the majority of the trash we saw was from products that tourists typically would not consume. The tour operators also banned single used plastic on board a while ago, which is a great first step in the right direction.

@vaga.spiritus 8 ай бұрын

I was about to say that, trash I've seen is not from tourists

@simoncao5924 7 ай бұрын

Im a local. And trash are sure not majority from tourists

@TODOSSOMOSINDIGENAS 5 ай бұрын

Not only by tourist but by everybody. In Asia they love plastic and don’t care at all about polluting nature. But originaly we westerns brought the culture of junk and overconsumption. So if people stop visiting may open their eyes!

@NGUYEN-TUAN-1975 4 ай бұрын

@@Roadmap2Adventures Halong bay is a part of sea, it is not a lake or pool. So, ties and gryes bring many things to go around. Some day, clean workers need more time to finish.

@pretendtobeastranger 11 ай бұрын

But that is not the problem of Ha Long Bay itself. Why don't we make it clean?

@carolinamarinzapata6294 9 ай бұрын

I was there 2 days ago, the water was gorgeous, no trash anywere, we went in to the water we cruise for 3 days 2 nights, 100% recomended

@Roadmap2Adventures 8 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you had a better experience!!

@PrinceBenJudah 7 ай бұрын

I’m here now it’s perfect. She’s a trash bucket

@carlososborne2866 6 ай бұрын

Lier

@Menasha358 5 ай бұрын

Yessss we went a year ago. Water was gorgeous 🤷‍♀️

@KPauto69 4 ай бұрын

Current much?

@MelanillaCR 3 ай бұрын

I visited today April 21 2024, 3 days tour and I never saw any trash, at all. I was really impressed with how clean it is

@khanhmai8530 Ай бұрын

I wish she didnt put the title like that. Ha Long Bay is not overrated, It is genuinely beautiful. But the trash is an environmental problem, she should focus on people behavior

@carlobuenaventura6565 Ай бұрын

We were there March, never saw trash & even water bottle was prohibited to be brought into island. Maybe stricter rules was enforce because of undisciplined tourist? Place is very impressive & worth visiting!

@ulazerg7163 12 күн бұрын

eres tic@?

@gayatritaware4637 11 ай бұрын

Its not overrated, its dirty made by tourists. It is always beautiful

@vaga.spiritus 8 ай бұрын

It's definitely not by tourists

@purple8156 7 ай бұрын

@@vaga.spiritus by who then?

@lagutoo4715 6 ай бұрын

@@vaga.spiritusshut up no one asked

@antipro4483 3 ай бұрын

@@purple8156 mostly everyone else. Other countries have way more tourism but are much cleaner

@KangSeoMin 3 ай бұрын

@@antipro4483 Give me an example? Thailand?

@helpmepleasemybraincells 11 ай бұрын

Hey! I have great news! They have been working hard and now there is little to no trash when I revisited my home town(halong)

@Roadmap2Adventures 8 ай бұрын

We are glad to hear that there is an improvement, thanks for sharing! Let’s hope they keep it up and that they start educating tourists and locals on how to take care of the environment!

@onehalfblythe6192 2 ай бұрын

Nah. I almost didn’t go to Halong Bay because of content like this but I’m so glad I did. I was there last week and it is stunning. Saw hardly any rubbish and the scenery is just breathtaking - the small amounts of floating rubbish just can’t take that away, and I didn’t see more than in European rivers (not that there should be any, of course!)

@tonyespresso3122 2 ай бұрын

Yes I was these last week and it was breathtaking. This video is rubbish

@gemxi8033 Жыл бұрын

I thought for a moment that it was gonna be something like an advise or a thought piece about taking care of nature😅 and the importance of tourists behaviour, but no: its just Karens outrage for going to an overrated place ?????? So rude, you had an oportunity to do something important and your ego ruined it. 🤦🏻‍♀️

@s0fttn 9 ай бұрын

americans 🙄😤

@willid22 9 ай бұрын

Haha basically

@povpooh 9 ай бұрын

Exactly

@Tokke83 9 ай бұрын

The sad realaty here is im currently in your contry i been here 5 days planned to stay 45 but im on my way to cambodia or laos i dont really care all i know is i dont feel wellcome here just my money i dont need anybody to go suck my duck here but it be nice not to get stones my way from children and agressive overpriced everything along with insulting and and rude service i have had 2 good incedents here 1 is my current accomedation and secound is a resturant im happy to give bouth high scor and good talk becouse its deserved but seeing comment like this is just as disqusting as visting your nasty behavior towords tourists you are shooting you own foot but letting this happen stop your bs i did not go here to put waste everywhare and i dont see anybody say its tourist or not im sure happen come from bouth parties however do better or go hungry to bed in the upcomming year

@cordster515 7 ай бұрын

@@Tokke83 you don't make sense

@noodleculture Жыл бұрын

I was there in September, it wasn't that bad

@Missiloveafrica 7 ай бұрын

Been there in November it wasn't bad

@amjp8872 3 ай бұрын

I was there 3 weeks ago, and it wasn't that bad

@yellowsubmarine7059 8 ай бұрын

The place is not overrated! The place is magnificent if it wasn't for bad human behavior. Maybe a better message to share is to ask the tourists and the authorities to better take care of these beautiful places rather than just recommend tourists to go to another place to pollute.

@phibaohung3215 8 ай бұрын

greetings from Vietnam. Although the government always makes efforts to clean up trash, huge numbers of tourists still flock every year. what a tragedy

@Roadmap2Adventures 7 ай бұрын

Agree, I hope they get it under control!

@seedokay5244 Жыл бұрын

Is still a beautiful place

@Roadmap2Adventures 8 ай бұрын

Totally agree! Let’s hope that people start taking care of the environment more!

@Slipknvt Жыл бұрын

Overrated? But if it were to be clean again youd be loving it lol kind of a silly mentality

@Lilquan2004 10 ай бұрын

bro are you dumn😅😅😅😂😂😂😂

@thewhutnow5795 10 ай бұрын

@@Lilquan2004kid you can't even spell right 😂

@Lilquan2004 10 ай бұрын

@@thewhutnow5795 are people not allowed to have mistakes nerd I literally miss and added a N because if you can see there right by each other and i guess I clicked it while typing

@Lilquan2004 10 ай бұрын

@@thewhutnow5795 calling me a kid I'm old enough to be your dad boy I'm turning 60 in two days

@YeeHaw-nc6vi 9 ай бұрын

@@Lilquan2004nearly 60 year old acting like a 6 year old is humiliating hahhaha

@dumalaism 3 ай бұрын

This is so true, i went for ha long bay cruise last week, and we saw our cruise ship put all the garbage into the sea. We complained about that to the management, they were aware about the situation. They just said sorry about the situation. Really sad about the behaviors of these cruise ships.

@anna_m59 11 ай бұрын

They where probably in the rain season when the trash wash out to the shores.

@Roadmap2Adventures 8 ай бұрын

We were there during dry season. It also doesn’t matter where the trash is coming from. It’s important for people to learn that this is an ongoing issue. I’m glad that the government and tour operators are apparently working on it.

@akhxol Жыл бұрын

“In our next post” 😂

@USMCbrantley 3 ай бұрын

It's Cat Ba

@illbehere5672 Жыл бұрын

I'm sure of one thing that it's the garbage left by tourists, I went here in March and it's not like that, the garbage situation only happens when the tourist season is too crowded and the tourists don't mean it. awake

@Roadmap2Adventures 8 ай бұрын

Unfortunately I believe this is not the case. We saw a lot of garbage from products tourists typically don’t buy. It’s important for tourists and locals to take more care of the environment! I’m glad that to hear that the government and the tour operators are working on it! They have apparently banned all single used plastic sale on board, but unfortunately locals are still selling products to tourists from small boats…

@sequoians 8 ай бұрын

@@Roadmap2AdventuresHow did you know they're "products tourists typically don't buy?"

@Roadmap2Adventures 8 ай бұрын

@@sequoians We saw a lot of frozen meal packaging in the water and on the shore line.

@danivanvelthoven2135 9 ай бұрын

“This place is filthy because of people like me, so try this other place quickly before people like me ruin that too”

@Roadmap2Adventures 8 ай бұрын

Not so sure what you’re trying to say… not all travellers are trashing the environment, and certainly not all the trash we saw was from tourists (we saw quite a bit of frozen meal packages).

@vaska1999 3 ай бұрын

Tourists don't leave such trash behind. On the contrary, all over South East Asia, the Caribbean and even the Mediterranean, it's often the tourists who organize clean-up drives of local beaches and invariably the locals who pollute the environment. Trying to claim the opposite is both deeply dishonest and counterproductive for the countries themselves, as they'll only lose tourists and the income tourism generates. All of the countries of Asia need to launch long-term public education campaigns to teach their populations NOT to litter and how to keep their own environment clean and tidy.

@AChadburn Ай бұрын

Ha Long bay is a magical place and isn't overrated at all. Pollution is a sad reality that is impacting most if not all of the world's coastlines. Don't let this video put you off people.

@listojimenez4808 2 ай бұрын

I was there last week and everything was clean and looked good. We did kayak in a beautiful place and swam in the water

@cwyuenvideo 2 ай бұрын

This is not the true reality of Ha Long Bay but the true reality of the qualities of tourists.

@beautifulawa 2 ай бұрын

I was there last week... there was very little rubbish floating around so.... from looking at your video, they have done very well to clean up most of the plastic rubbish. We totally loved it! Sang bad karaoke but we had so much fun. I've taken videos of the bay and there is hardly any rubbish. Halong Bay is definitely worth visiting, we loved it!

@chockydog6960 20 күн бұрын

Oh dear, I am going here again soon. Was last here nearly 10 years ago and it was so beautiful. Like Koh phi phi in Thailand in the 20 years between trips there it went from untouched to overcrowded. Such a shame we have to destroy everything

@tomkennedy2547 9 күн бұрын

I was in Ha Long Bay just a couple years ago and I didn't see any trash the whole time.

@IslandHopperTV 9 ай бұрын

Yes it’s true it’s not just here it’s many tourist destinations now becoming overrun with plastic waste

@Roadmap2Adventures 7 ай бұрын

I know, really sad! Apparently the government is finally taking action. We've heard there was a big clean up operation recently. I hope it stays clean!

@bindayirwin1523 2 ай бұрын

The real trash are the tourists who complain about the place...

@greenalien3857 Ай бұрын

Exactly.

@ryana2952 21 күн бұрын

Shes complaining about the pollution in the water, reject

@hallojanelle-travels 8 ай бұрын

It's not overrated. The cruises are overrated! There are a lot of other places to check out in Ha Long Bay!

@Roadmap2Adventures 7 ай бұрын

We would definitely go back if there is a local experience.

@ratfink2413 2 ай бұрын

i was there 5 month ago, its clean and beautiful, must be just your luck

@amazon4716 2 ай бұрын

Before she said it. I was going to say there are soooo much trash.

@COO_KINGWITHJAYA 2 ай бұрын

I just did Halong bay cruise 3 days back...there is not even a single plastic bottle or garbage anywhere.Dont give wrong information to public.

@JisooTurtleRabbitt 9 ай бұрын

I went to Halong bay on a little cruise just like that back in 2018, the water was so blue and clear, seeing this is so sad 😞

@truckn Ай бұрын

My wife and I spent our honeymoon there in 2020 and seen no garbage in the water or on the shoreline. It's sad that was your experience, it certainly wasn't ours.

@Roadmap2Adventures Ай бұрын

I’m glad you had a better experience! We’ve heard that the government is working on keeping the area more clean! Hopefully it will get better because it’s such a beautiful place!

@chaole1000 8 ай бұрын

It's because you had a cheap tour. I went on more expensive tours and went to pristine waters while kayaking and swimming in Ha Long. No trash in sight

@Roadmap2Adventures 7 ай бұрын

There are many tour operators you can book your tour with. All 2 day/1 night tours go to the same area no matter the cost of the tour. We went with an operator in the higher price segment.

@Menasha358 5 ай бұрын

Totally agree💯💯💯💯💯

@keangwooichoo6138 5 ай бұрын

Let me get it right, cheap or expensive tour should be the same right? Poor people cannot get beautiful scenery but rich can do that?

@dyno4672 6 күн бұрын

Everyone here blaming on the tourist is so funny. I’m vietnamese and i know my people here, they leave trash everywhere, now for those vietnamese and other ppl in the comment keep blaming “tourist” and not the local ppl there Stop being so overly patriotic

@lovetorun8563 Ай бұрын

plastic is a giant problem in some asian countries .

@nhathuyinh9116 29 күн бұрын

tourists find a place, tourists come, tourists leave trash, tourists leave.

@humble_integrity 2 ай бұрын

this is very sad they trashed such a beautiful place

@justnauqm.b Ай бұрын

Well, that's due to some of the tourist went there threw stuff into the water, and probably some of our people. But i think you should visit Ha Long Bay once more time, trust me, it will be worth . I went there and yes, the water was clean (I'm Vietnamese btw )

@mistersixteen6082 2 ай бұрын

Which we’ll share in our next post 😂😂😂😂

@teachersamtravels4028 2 ай бұрын

Even da Nang after the weekend Vietnamese tourists have visited, trash all over the beach. Plastic cups, cigarette butts, trash. I live here. It's disgusting. Stop ruining your country. Change your thinking.. Young people are doing the right thing, I've seen them on the beach picking up the trash The young educated people will change and shape Vietnam. I'm so humbled by them. The ones who litter, shame on you. Learn to respect your country. Show respect to others who use it too.

@tiffy5498 6 ай бұрын

Ha long bay is definitely overrated. Guilin/Yangshuo has similar but better landscape, plus even better experience. There are cruise and bamboo rafting. (Plus no garbage floating on water.)

@Roadmap2Adventures 6 ай бұрын

Great to know! Thanks for sharing.

@VicTheFigGuy 4 ай бұрын

Ha Long Bay is beautiful and has a deep historical significance to Vietnam. It isn't overrated, but it is being disrespected and trashed by tourism and perhaps even locals.

@tusharislam8002 2 ай бұрын

I went today - they were pretty strict with plastic being taken off the boat. Water seemed very clean actually no sign of any trash

@mechasentai 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for making this video. It's honest, no AI or clickbait fantasy and straight forward.

@angiemok8888 9 ай бұрын

I went on August and was clean…

@barrydunne8096 8 күн бұрын

Gen Z heartbroken by plastic. Ffs toughen up.

@MzAnnnaLe 9 ай бұрын

Not my experience! I just went on a cruise and got off yesterday. Single use plastic is banned from the ship and on the caves. It was very clean. I imagine the summer season must be a lot worst but they’re trying to clean up the area

@Roadmap2Adventures 9 ай бұрын

We were there in April and the garbage situation was horrible. We are so happy to hear they are making efforts to clean up the area. We hope they are able to keep it that way. Thank you for sharing your more recent experience.

@bluebull2006 7 ай бұрын

Plot twist: the new place is now dirty too

@redangel2301 8 ай бұрын

Actually the mere fact of overrated doesn't need an explanation. The mere fact that the video proved how dirty it was. When you actually saw the place. It's a wake.up call for both tourist and locals to be aware of not throwing trashes everywhere. And protect their tourist attraction

@Roadmap2Adventures 7 ай бұрын

I hope we helped raising awareness with this video!

@beepositivewlovelight5213 Жыл бұрын

Jennie Mae just did a video on her channel talking about this place, while visiting. She didn't show none of this!!! I still felt bad for them families having to live on the waters. And then what about when the weather is bad ...?! Jesus bless these people with whatever that's needed to survive better out there or better resources to just come out to fish, but not have to live out there!🙏🏽🙏🏽🥺😢😢😢😢

@jckzhng 8 ай бұрын

thats crazy, I went in September and didn't see the garbage

@Roadmap2Adventures 7 ай бұрын

Glad you had a better experience! We heard they had a big clean up operation recently.

@anaspringett7255 3 ай бұрын

😢 This honestly made me cry a little. Why is no one maintaining it clean?! 😞

@junlab2612 10 ай бұрын

"Ha Long" means "take good care" in Philippines Ilonggo dialect...🤗

@thewhutnow5795 10 ай бұрын

No one cares and asked about your country

@MsThanhhanguyen 9 ай бұрын

Oh In Vietnamese, it means the dragon landing :)

@peaceofficer01 7 ай бұрын

I knew it, there's always a part 2. Btw, thank you for being honest. I completely overlooked this problem watching all the other vlogs about how beautiful some places are. And I know, I'd be super dissapointed if I went to these places, expecting paradise, and then finding all the trash.

@Roadmap2Adventures 6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@Pkt-wk9bu 5 ай бұрын

I was there in June. Didn’t see that much trash even kayaking around. It was the most beautiful place I ever visited.

@Anonymous-gu1bt 2 ай бұрын

I went there in 2020. I went on a cruise and kayaked as well but I didn't see plastic in the water. It's an amazing place and if it is getting trashed I hope the Vietnamese authorities do something about it.

@miko2534 9 ай бұрын

EverywhereEE. OverateDD. HeartbreakinGG. The slur at the end of every word...

@s0fttn 9 ай бұрын

LMAOOOOO

@minhanhbui3955 25 күн бұрын

I'm sure we should invite more tourists to make the situation better lol

@lilylim8073 6 ай бұрын

Definitely not what I have witnessed! I was there a week ago, the water was calm and clean, i didnt see a single plastic, the beach was clean, to be able to kayak in Halong bay was such a blessing. Highly recommended!

@ayushda 15 күн бұрын

I appreciate honesty! 💪🏼

@greenalien3857 Ай бұрын

That garbage in the ocean is from tourists. Don't bash vietnam and don't blame them for what tourists do. That's rude and not accurate. Judging that country isn't cool.

@petercraig389 28 күн бұрын

When I went it was clean and beautiful

@baonguyen3484 8 ай бұрын

Tourist is what ruining beautiful places like this

@Roadmap2Adventures 8 ай бұрын

It’s not only the tourists. We’ve seen many products in the ocean that tourists typically don’t buy. Lucky the Vietnamese government is behind it. They just started a big clean up campaign. Hopefully they can get it under control.

@baonguyen3484 8 ай бұрын

@@Roadmap2Adventures that’s not true. I was in Hanoi couple weeks ago. The locals told me Halong Bay is only for tourist. The locals rarely go to places like that.

@doncorleone9294 Ай бұрын

Lan Ha bay is less polluted. There is still somw trash but many places are fine for swimming.

@pandapie377 Ай бұрын

It's funny when the trash most likely come from tourists and now they are disgust of their own doings

@bernardwangg 9 ай бұрын

i visited Lan Ha Bay, it was peaceful and clean :D

@Roadmap2Adventures 8 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you had a better experience!

@bernardwangg 8 ай бұрын

@@Roadmap2Adventures Let me share with you my Lan Ha Bay journey in this video :D kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fpxlqLxiktaZm5c.html

@thepontiff7505 6 ай бұрын

I watched a vietnamese on our cruise finish a drink from a plastic bottle and just throw it in the water lol truly insane, i refused to swim too

@Roadmap2Adventures 6 ай бұрын

This is very sad! We’ve seen similar things in other areas in Vietnam. We hope the government will invest in environmental education!

@gillianheagy2321 6 ай бұрын

Same impression, beautiful boat beautiful views but the garbage in the water ruined it 😢

@Roadmap2Adventures 6 ай бұрын

Very sad! When did you go?

@deeb6817 8 ай бұрын

Trash in the ocean is everybody fault and responsibility. Blaming tourists is about as useful as blaming those who use the area and dont clean up. Pollution is every humans fault and responsibility. If everybody does better then we all do better! and to the people who made this video, instead of pointing fingers why did you not go kayak and clean up at the same time. Be the change you want to see in this video.

@Roadmap2Adventures 8 ай бұрын

Easier said than done. We didn’t realize how bad it is when we got into the kayak and with very limited time we were not able to take action. It’s better taking a video than being silent and act like nothing is wrong.

@danihealer 3 ай бұрын

What a shame. I was there in 2009, it was pure and beautiful

@user-qs6hy2vv3l 8 ай бұрын

I went here in 2018 and it was clean

@jiasajnani9732 3 ай бұрын

This is fake. Haloing bay is one of the prettiest and clean places ever in 2024. Must visit for the tourists at least once. I went recently and would love to go back. It had breath taking views. Iaslo went kayaking and the water was clearly not like this. I don’t see one plastic in the water

@dumalaism 3 ай бұрын

i went last week, i saw cruise ship worker put all the garbage into the sea.

@tonyespresso3122 2 ай бұрын

Same as my experience and I came back a week ago

@marciestoddard730 Ай бұрын

This is why i didnt go to halong bay. Had heard its awfully polutted by the local vietnamese.

@emberello Ай бұрын

I don't know if it's bc of your video, but we just went to Halong Bay yesterday, and we were told we weren't allowed to bring single-use plastic bottles to the area. I think it must be greatly cleaned up since your video bc I didn't notice much trash in the water.

@tdk9030 4 ай бұрын

A lot of tourist hot spots are overrated.

@humanfirst11 3 ай бұрын

Entire Vietnam is like that actually. Just leave the tourist areas and move 5 minutes into the suburbs. That's it.

@KPauto69 4 ай бұрын

People of Vietnam see no problem throwing trash in the water. I saw this first hand when I visited. Sad

@LongThanh-ew4tf 11 ай бұрын

Ninh Binh is cleaner cheaper

@Roadmap2Adventures 8 ай бұрын

We loved Ninh Binh!

@lenalenalena7276 2 ай бұрын

Sometimes it’s clean, sometimes it’s trashy. It seems like it depends on the current and season. Like after a storm, trashes are carried and washed up on the shore from somewhere else.

@sandoo7235 3 ай бұрын

Yes do share all the pristine areas, bring in more tourists , more garbage , then move onto the next unspoilt area .. well done

@1970rsc Ай бұрын

This creator sounds like an entitled Karen. She complains about the bay like it’s some kind of tourist attraction for westerns to “avoid” or “partake” but she forgets that this is people HOME. it’s a source of immense pride for the Vietnamese, and for you to “review” it like it’s Epcot center is unfair. It’s not a place to avoid because of litter, but you go there and you marvel at the scenery in spite of the litter.

@punotomalf6408 4 ай бұрын

I don't know why there are some people that doesn't know where a trash should belong.

@jaiho9442 2 ай бұрын

I was there a couple of years ago and it was not like this. That's so sad. We loved Ha Long Bay, it was beautiful when we went.

@akshaypawar3016 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for making valuable information ❤

@user-dq1eb1wp4j Жыл бұрын

Also clean it up

@hungry_void 5 ай бұрын

Wow it was so much better when i went 7 years ago. Very sad

@trish387 3 ай бұрын

To be in their country and calling HLB overrated is a low blow for some views and “spark” comments.

@celesttan1765 7 ай бұрын

We went there many years ago and it was clean. Sad to see the trash. Hope the authorities put in more effort to highlight the situation to visitors and clean it up. The natural beauty is just so beautiful and will be such a waste to let the litter mar its beauty.

@kumarjain121 10 ай бұрын

Last weekend I hve experience this superb experience that was

@povpooh 9 ай бұрын

These people would do anything for views eh

@Roadmap2Adventures 8 ай бұрын

If you mean showing our true experience and sparking a conversation about a topic that is important to us, then yes! We are glad that our post has started a discussion and at the same time raises awareness.

@teals_star Ай бұрын

How is this place overrated? You’re only going into the depths of the trash. So every place you go to that has trash is overrated? Ha long bay is beautiful besides the trash and theres more to it. Some people even put trash in there that is not tourists but i bet 1/4 miles to 2/4 of the trash is by tourists. Please explain to me why you think it’s overrated, cause if it’s only trash, I can’t agree with you.

@SawItWithMyOwnEyes 28 күн бұрын

I think a better title coulve been used to raise awareness. The message could've been addressed without a bratty and dismissive tone. I hope you look forward to developing as a content creator.

@danandthevices5969 3 ай бұрын

Overrated is not an appropriate word. Ha Long Bay is stunning and is widely known to be one of the most beautiful places to visit on Earth. It's being constantly wrecked by foreigners and locals, which is sad.

@karishmatripathi1267 7 ай бұрын

irresponsible tourists. you say it’s overrated. You will share another location which is better now where you had great experience but will be like ha long in next 2 3 years. No matter what you do if any place is touched by a human being its fate is written to be spoiled.

@Roadmap2Adventures 6 ай бұрын

The location we are referring to is very well known. It's just better taken care of and maintained.

@Thepalpatineboys77 3 ай бұрын

Keep car eye out for Charlie hiding in the bushes

@db8sell 3 ай бұрын

first time experiencing asian waste? remember to use your paper straw to prevent waste. i feel like everyone needs an unedited view of waste in pan asian countries