There is no real way to do justice to Ha Long Bay, in words or photos — but this is my best attempt. A Unesco World Heritage sight, Ha Long means “Descending Dragon,” and is over 1500 km squared, with thousands of immense limestone karsts scattered throughout the crystal blue-green water. I was lucky enough to spend two nights in the bay, one on a boat, and one on a remote island about a five hour boat ride into the endless karst formations. This is a truly spectacular place — if you can get here someday, do it!
Gaaaaaaah, so freaking beautiful! Amazing photos, Speck!
This gets me excited! It’s going on my “to experience” list.
Whoa – amazing sunset photo and I love the mist.
Nice shots.
There’s no denying that it’s a beautiful & magical corner of the planet – but I left feeling a little worried about it since it seems that Vietnamese tourism authorities have no development plan in place whatsoever. There were way too many tour boats on the bay – looked like a naval invasion when leaving the mainland. Pollution’s become a major cause for concern since there’s no infrastructure to deal with the growing amount of waste.
Looks like our boats were following the same route. 🙂 I got an evening shot from roughly the same spot as your sunset: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brightblightcafe/5624841290/
I love these photos! It looks like a magical place.
I’ve heard others say Vietnam is unbelievably beautiful. This definitely proves it.
absolutely beautiful sarah!
What can I say? Just thanks for these photos.
The first 2 and the seventh are amazing but my favorite is “Sunset in Ha Long” with the sun on the background. GREAT PHOTO!!!
I think Vietman must pay you for this great advertising 🙂