http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T11:29:06Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Houseboats http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/8/11253/74153 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/7156/DSCN2253.jpg" class="top"><p><i>All this week our roving correspondent <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/ced183">Claire Duffett</a> will be sending back her reports on the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Vietnam%20Hotel%20Scene"><b>Vietnam Hotel Scene.</b></a> Any questions or suggestions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send 'em our way</a> and we'll have Claire answer them for you.</i><p>When we imagine living on a houseboat, it usually involves a serious amount of wood paneling, good scotch, and seriously outdated 70s furniture. So we were pleasantly surprised when, minus the booze, we discovered that a floating hotel on Halong Bay, <b>Canh Buom 8</b>, possessed these traits. <p> The tour boat shuttles travelers around the thousands of island jutting out of the bay. For boat standards, the cabin rooms--there were four on either side of the small, antique ship--were surprisingly spacious. ced138 2009-02-12T10:31:03-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/