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Images tagged "ha-long-bay"

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Ha Long Bay (ENG: “Bay of the Descending Dragon”) is a World Heritage Site and a very popular travel destination in Vietnam.

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Boat trip in Ha Long Bay. Kayaking and swiming has been recently banned by government. Reason? Unresponsible tourism, just to name one...

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House on the water.

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Those artificial islands have been built about 20+ years ago.

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Local people are make living from fishing and harvesting pearls.

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Yet another fishing boat.

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Typical household in the area.

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Apartments for rent? Please make an enquiry if you are interested. I heard you can actually spend a night or a few nights there. Please check and give us a comment if you have any more details. Would you spend a night in there if you had a chance?

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Local people take youon a boat to guide you through this this beautiful area and show you the beauty of it. Small donation is expected.

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People living on the artificial islands...

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Ha Long Bay has an area of around 1,553 km2, including 1,960–2,000 islets, most of which are limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334 km2 with a high density of 775 islets.

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The limestone in this bay has gone through 500 million years of formation in different conditions and environments.

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Plenty tourists excursions can be found in the area. Only certain number of crews is allowed at the same time in the bay due to government regulations.

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Boat excursion takes you through truly scenic part of our planet... Unforgettable views and amazing experience.

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No words here...

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You have choice 1, 2 or 3 day boat excursion but other arrangements can be made with tour operators if you wish.

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Truly relaxing time in an extraordinary place...

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Scenic views surrounding you all the time during the excursion.

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Scenic views surrounding you all the time during the excursion.

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Calypso cruise is one of many tour operators in the area. I used "Lemon Cruise" and I would definitely recommend them.

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Scenic views surrounding you all the time during the excursion.

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Scenic views surrounding you all the time during the excursion.

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In 2000, the UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has inscribed the Hạ Long Bay in the World Heritage List according to its outstanding examples representing major stages of the Earth’s history and its original limestone karstic geomorphologic features.

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The first group of caves is old phreatic caves which include Sung Sot, Tam Cung, Lau Dai, Thien Cung, Dau Go, Hoang Long, Thien Long. Nowadays, these caves lie at various high levels.

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Within Ha Long Bay, the main accessible caves are the older passages that survive from the time when the karst was evolving though its various stages of fengcong and fenglin.

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They are distinguished by the main elements of their passages being close to the horizontal and are commonly related to denuded or accumulated terraces at the old base levels.

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Another excursion. Trust me, this place is actually busy. Plenty of tourists. No wonder why.

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The karst landscape of Ha Long Bay is of international significance and of fundamental importance to the science of geomorphology.

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Place is an absolute beauty.

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Inside the boat. Conditions as you can see. Each cabin has a shower. Meals and beverages are included. You need to pay for alcohol if you want and it's not cheap...

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