HAO LONG BAY VIETNAM

The bay is also the entry point for trips to Hanoi. We could have gone but a 3 hr bus ride each way didn't seem worth it to us. The bay is an attraction all it's own. It is a UNESCO world heritage site noted for it beautiful rock formations – some think its the 8^th wonder of the world. The formations stretch for many miles. We took a leisurely 4 hour ride through a portion on a junk. Some of the rock formations have fanciful names-- the duck, incense burner, thumb, and fighting rooster are mixed in – see if you can identify. The weather was cloudy so we couldn't show them to full advantage. Along the way there were villages of people that live on boats – fishing and growing oysters.

   At one point a woman hauled up next to us with produce to sell (note the bananas). Her baby thought Clyde was pretty great and left happy with his little bear as a remembrance.