Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Halong Bay Islands

The bay area is big.  Tourist boats ply a fixed route(s) so you cannot avoid them.  There are so many sightseers.  This is a hawker's boat.  Pulls up to your boat and tries to sell you  fruit.

Very dreamy.  A series of steep sided islands with mists that blurr and do give you a sense of depth.   The Vietnamese fleet beat the Mongolian invading fleet in the bay by driving wooden stakes into the river bed for the chinese junks to impale themselves on as the tide went out.  Dem Mongolians turn up all over the place!!!

I must have a thing about eagles. 

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