 090 - Swampy fields surround Hanoi. |
 095 - I kept having flashbacks to Apocolypse Now. |
 097 - A small town gas station. |
 098 - The freeway, actually not a bad road. |
 108 - The car I was in had this strange UFO device. |
 109 - But it was more comfie than the train I didn't take! |
 111 - Yeah, I fit right in with the locals. Trust me. |
 113 - A billion boats, I'm sure there's one for me. |
 117 - Boat tourism is a major business on Ha Long Bay. |
 121 - Almost all of these are for tourisma. |
 122 - The captain of my boat prepares to set sail. |
 124 - "Crystal blue" water stretches as far as you can see. |
 126 - Later I'd go swimming in this! |
 127 - Hey, it can't be any worse than the Indian Ocean near Mumbai. |
 129 - The shore recedes into the far distance. Ahoy maties. |
 130 - Up on deck, there's a bit of land to remind us of what was before. |
 135 - Look at the size of those fuel tanks! |
 136 - Voyage of discovery into the bowels of the boat. |
 139 - Ah, it's just the dining car! |
 141 - Karst towers over the boats on the water. |
 144 - These island formations are the basis of the World Heritage Site. |
 147 - Many have large caves in them. |
 148 - Boats pile up for wannabe cave explorers. |
 149 - I wanted to Park over here by the "P"arking sign. |
 150 - But the lemming march started from somewhere else. |
 152 - Idyllic landscape. This would be a great hidden escape. If it were hidden. |
 154 - Leaving the boat behind ... |
 155 - For the long walk along the dock. |
 156 - What? Me? Climb up structures??? |
 157 - Signs explained everything I needed to know. |
 160 - Entering the cave... |
 161 - Looking around in the dark, scary! |
 163 - The entry way far above. |
 164 - Interesting rock structures were all around. |
 168 - But, in the end, it was just a cave. |
 170 - So I left to return to the boat. |
 172 - But wait, buried in this foliage is another cave! |
 173 - Here it is! |
 174 - Little people show the size of the cave! |
 177 - I never leave the path. Trust me. |
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