Photo Tour of Halong Bay

Surround yourself with karst limestone mountains that pop out of the water in this photo tour of Halong Bay.

 

Starting our Ha Long Bay cruise

 

Ha Long Bay

 

Ha Long Bay

 

Enjoying the deck of our boat on a cruise around Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

 

See for size comparison… These mountains aren't tiny

 

A brand new camera made to look ancient… Thieves are less incentivized to steal such things

 

sun rays peak through a cave in Ha Long Bay

 

Jelly Fish looking cave formation… Lina beware

 

looking out from the caves back towards Ha Long

 

Lina and Ha Long

 

The dragon on the front of our boat leads the way deeper into Ha Long Bay

 

enjoying our dragon guide in Ha Long

 

beautiful karst limestone peaks

 

 

 

 

Kayaking stop!

 

 

there were many cool holes in the mountains to kayak through

 

 

Dean kayaking

 

coming back through a hole in a cave

 

 

guard dog for this boat?

 

the lady pictured here rows around to boats offering tourists food and drink at cheaper prices than on the boat… #entrepreneur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vietnam Flag. Vietnam Sunset.

 

 

 

Creating our own shade

 

Sunset on Ha Long Bay

 

Sunset on Ha Long Bay

 

Sunset on Ha Long Bay. Almost perfect alignment

 

Lina jumping off of our boat

 

Me… less gracefully jumping off of our boat.

 

A peak out of our cabin window

 

we saw a brochure for this boat… the boat was stained hardwood, not white. the provincial authorities made all the beautiful hardwood boats paint themselves white

 

Hey looks like this one works… let's take it out!

 

Nope… doesn't work… sunk… had to swim to shore

 

kayaking around Monkey Island

 

A huge sludge of trash… so gross. Unfortunately many parts of Ha Long Bay were full of trash

 

A monkey on Monkey Island waiting to rob a tourist

 

Monkey Island resort from our new unsunk kayak

 

 

returning to Ha Long

 

Ha Long Bay

 

Ha Long Bay

 

Ha Long Bay

 

Enjoying the deck on our way back to Ha Long

 

Ha Long Bay panorama

 

Ha Long Bay

 

Ha Long Bay panorama

 

Ha Long Bay

 

Ha Long Bay

 

Ha Long Bay

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