Ha Long Bay
Intro - Saigon - Vung Tau - Da Lat - Nha Trang - Road to Ha Long Bay - Ha Long Bay - Ha Noi
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Ha Long Bay |
Ha Long bay was well worth the journey. It was a 3 hour car ride (one way)
from Ha Noi and then another 3 hour round trip boat ride from the harbor.
It is where the movies Indochine and Tomorrow Never Dies were filmed.
We stopped in a protected island cove where an enormous cave was hidden and went on a tour inside.
We also stopped for lunch attached to a house boat of people that live in the bay. We were able to board their house and see how they live. It was just a one bedroom house with a kitchen. On the "porch," there were different types of live seafood in different types of holding tanks. There were snails, crabs, and small sharks, among other fish. Our lunch was cooked on board our boat and consisted of fresh seafood and was way more than we could eat.
The pictures simply cannot capture the beauty of the bay.
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Boats on the bay |
The sun shines through |
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The boatman |
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Quiet boat |
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View from the side |
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The cove |
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The cave |
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The houseboats |
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