Hi all,

I've been searching both on FT and on Google, but haven't been able to see any examples of this. I have 3 nights to visit somewhere from Singapore in September. I was thinking about going to Vietnam, and Halong Bay specifically. Is it possible to go straight from Hanoi airport (SQ192 arriving at 11:25am) to a Halong Bay overnight cruise? Ideally, I'd like to fly in on Thursday morning and then get transferred straight to a Halong Bay cruise. Spend 2 nights aboard the cruise and then on Saturday morning be transferred back to Hanoi where I would stay overnight before flying out on Sunday at noon.

From what I've seen so far, the transfers from Hanoi to a Halong Bay cruise have all be in the morning, say 9am or so from various hotels in central Hanoi. I'm wondering if anyone has had experience flying in and then being transferred straight to a cruise from the airport.

I'm also looking at various cruise lines/boats, but if there are some that specifically have itineraries like the one I'm proposing, then it would be great to hear about them. If this doesn't work, then it looks like I might end up with just a one night cruise, which seems a bit too quick.

Thanks very much!