I was thrilled enough as it was w Halong Bay. Imagine my delight when we stumbled upon monks touring the same massive cave!?!?! Our guide and I debated on the origin of the monks. Based on my technical research, I surmised either Northern Thailand or Cambodia. Definitely not Laos. Turns out they’re Cambodian. So I present to you the monk action series sequel, spelunking edition.
Halong Bay is a 4 hr drive East from Hanoi & famous for its bright green waters & 1,600+ towering limestone islands topped w rainforests. With a simple google search, you can see just how lovely it looks on a bright sunny day. The thing to do is take an overnight junk boat, head out for some up close viewing, explore via kayaks & enjoy some great food. Unfortunately for us, the weather didn’t cooperate as it was cold, sprinkling & terribly foggy so we opted out of the overnight boat as we figured we could make better use of the night back in Hanoi (eating ourselves into a stupor) so we just did a day trip w a guide. Great decision and frankly, I think the fog made for some uniquely gorgeous vistas so I in fact, now would highly recommend visiting on a foggy day, limiting it to a day trip & heading back to Hanoi in time for some late night bun bo nam bo (yes, that’s exactly what we did).
I apologize as the photos below are I’m sure repetitive but it took me forever to narrow them down bc I think it’s just that beautiful of a place (& this is after I deleted 100+ photos). A couple videos interspersed as well.
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