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| Apart from forming a breathtaking scenery, the almost 2,000 limestone islands of Ha Long Bay provide good locations to put up buddhist temples and cellphone towers. | Outside the harbor of Cát Bà, the largest island in the archipelago. | A tourist boat's figurehead. What else but a dragon could it be? | The hollowed-out bit leaves enough room to pass right under this island in a small boat. |
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| On the coast somewhere outside Haiphong | Wait here for just a few hundred years to see a giant splash! | This rocks! | A floating village inhabited by fisherfolk |
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| Many of the islands have grottos. Động Thiên Cung (Heavenly Palace Cave) is not the largest but probably the most beautiful. | I admit the colored lights are a bit on the kitsch side… It looks more extreme here than it actually is. | The washed-out roof of the cave | A closeup of the roof |
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| Probably the most popular motive in this cave :) | More rocks and dripstones… | The bay as seen from the exit of Động Thiên Cung, near the top of one of the islands. | Evening on the sea in sepia |
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| The obligatory tourist motive. | No need to duck and cover, it's just the sun. |
Last change: 05-Apr-2006, 13:48