We spent last Monday and Tuesday on a junk in Ha Long Bay, one of nature’s special treasures. It’s somewhat like Guilin on the Li River in China, but that’s only one river; this is thousands of square miles of open water. There are more than 1,500 islands, most huge limestone rocks jutting straight up from the water. I’ve wanted to see it for years. It’s a big tourist attraction – more than 400 junks ply the islands. Most vistas have lots of boats, when I wanted pictures of islands . . . We visited a floating village, where local people build a small floating structure, then live in it (complete with kids, dogs, etc.). They fish and cater to tour boats. We stopped at one island with a cave with three large chambers.
Fran found the boat more spacious than the train. The food was good, the service was excellent, and the staff was delightful.
The junk boat in the middle has
a sunrise on the sail. Someone called it the Obama Boat.
Bob enjoys the view from the deck.
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Please stay away and keep traveling, you have followers! The last update was even more entertaining than the previous. The final post with the junks on the river looks absolutely breathtaking. I was worried that we haven't heard from you in a while via e-mail, but one click on the blog made it clear that you were doing fine.
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