Halong Bay
Our travellers were up at the crack of dawn to pack for an overnight trip north. Travelling with Handspan (http://www.handspan.com/), a local tour operator, the travellers hopped in a passenger van to begin the 3.5 hour journey to Halong Bay.
On the way up, they stopped at a "Humanity Center." The Center was basically a tourist shop where young girls were making needlepoint pictures. The girls were described to be victims of the war. The needlepoint was beautiful and our heroin could not resist - as usual.
Once they arrived in Halong City, our travellers hopped into a boat that took us to our Chinese Junk - home for the next 24 hours.
After lunch and a brief rest, we headed with the rest of the tour group to the "Amazing Cave." The cave was studded with stalagtites and stalagmited and was about 20-30 degrees cooler than the Bay.
C and our heroine awoke at 530 AM, suffering from the jetlag. They enjoyed basking in the sun while looking at the karst islands that dotted the landscape.
A little about Halong Bay:
Halong Bay is A UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in the Gulk of Tonkin. It has approximately 3000 islands of limestone or karst. Ha Long means 'where the dragon descended into the sea', and refers to a legend about a dragon who created the bay and islands with its flailing tail.
Again with the exotic food, our heroine was able to try dragonfruit. Dragonfruit is the fruit of a cactus. It is magenta in color and tastes a bit like a watered down kiwi. Kind of enremarkable in taste but has a striking appearance.
On the way up, they stopped at a "Humanity Center." The Center was basically a tourist shop where young girls were making needlepoint pictures. The girls were described to be victims of the war. The needlepoint was beautiful and our heroin could not resist - as usual.
Once they arrived in Halong City, our travellers hopped into a boat that took us to our Chinese Junk - home for the next 24 hours.
After lunch and a brief rest, we headed with the rest of the tour group to the "Amazing Cave." The cave was studded with stalagtites and stalagmited and was about 20-30 degrees cooler than the Bay.
C and our heroine awoke at 530 AM, suffering from the jetlag. They enjoyed basking in the sun while looking at the karst islands that dotted the landscape.
A little about Halong Bay:
Halong Bay is A UNESCO World Heritage Site situated in the Gulk of Tonkin. It has approximately 3000 islands of limestone or karst. Ha Long means 'where the dragon descended into the sea', and refers to a legend about a dragon who created the bay and islands with its flailing tail.
Again with the exotic food, our heroine was able to try dragonfruit. Dragonfruit is the fruit of a cactus. It is magenta in color and tastes a bit like a watered down kiwi. Kind of enremarkable in taste but has a striking appearance.
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