Hạ Long Bay

It's in Vietnam

By Jace K

November 14^th, 2016

Hạ Long Bay

Write your story here. (Optional)

A few hours out of Hanoi, Hạ Long bay is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Vietnam. The tourists (us) are ferried around the limestone karst pinnacles, thousands of which spring up from the water in the 1500 odd kilometre area. In between, fisherman navigate their ancient craft and touts paddle little rowboats, offering not-so-cold drinks and snacks. And yes, it really did look like that.

OK, not really. The colours were a little more saturated. But still, it was nice.

Write your story here. (Optional)

We spent two nights on a wooden boat because that’s what you do when you’re at Hạ Long Bay. Apparently they’re considering banning the wooden boats due to risk of fire. Ours remained comfortably unoxidised the entire duration of our visit.