Sep06
Published by misha in Adventure, Asia, Fishing, Kayaking, Parks, Photos, Relaxing, Romantic, Sightseeings, Swimming, Travel Stories, UNESCO, Vietnam

Ha Long Bay, 170 km from Hanoi, blends earth, sea and sky into one of the world’s most iconic beauty spots. Cat Ba, the biggest of a mini archipelago of 366 islands, typifies the breathtaking rock relief and bizarre rock formations of the Ha Long World National Heritage Reserve: 2,000 large and small islands with cliffs towering a sheer 50-100 m from the shallow sea. Photo by: Fulco
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Sep27
Published by nerdeff in ACTIVITIES, Asia, CONTINENTS, COUNTRIES, Fishing, Monuments, Sightseeings, Swimming, TOPICS, Videos, Vietnam
Ha Long Bay is a body of water of approximately 1,500 square kilometres in north Vietnam with a 120 kilometre coastline, in the Gulf of Tonkin near the border with China, and 170 kilometres east of Hanoi. Ha Long Bay means
Bay of the Descending Dragon in the Vietnamese language.
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