BAIA DI HA LONG VIETNAM
near Cây Quéo, Quảng Ninh (Vietnam)
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Wonderful two day excursion in Ha Long Bay. Overnight on boat, full board.
Below I have the pleasure of attaching the travel notes of two participants in the expedition, Cristina and Milena, who with patience and passion have put pen to paper, drawing and snatching information from Vietnamese guides.
Cave of Surprises in Ha Long Bay.
Within minutes we were near the cave, where there was a concrete jetty all along the edge of the mountain. Horrible. We climbed onto the jetty together with a myriad of other tourists, then in single file we climbed a hundred steps to get to the entrance to the cave of surprises.
The cave of surprises, a UNESCO heritage site, is already dead, stalactites and stalagmites no longer grow. The number of caves that can be visited is limited, to avoid damage from tourism. The largest cave in the world is also located in Vietnam. The cave of surprises has 3 rooms.
Karst: consists of the dissolution of limestone rocks. In Halong Bay the limestone rocks have formed x karst caves and rocks that are called CARIATE. In the cave of surprises, there is a bigger surprise in every room. Small medium and large room. The guides recognize various animals in the shape of the cave, including a rock in the shape of a turtle, and they touch its head and leave money as an omen of longevity and luck.
Retrieved from wikipedia
Ha Long Bay or Halong Bay (Vịnh Hạ Long in Vietnamese, baie d'Along or baie d'Halong in French) is an inlet located in the Gulf of Tonkin, in Vietnamese territory. It is part of Quang Ninh province and comprises about 2,000 limestone islets with numerous karst caves. The bay is located 164 km east of the capital Hanoi, not far from the border with China. In Vietnamese the term "Hạ Long" means "where the dragon descends into the sea". It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994.
A local legend says that many years ago the Vietnamese were fighting the Chinese invaders; the gods sent a family of dragons to help them. These dragons began to spit out jewels which turned into the islands and islets dotting the bay, later uniting them to form a wall against the invaders. People saved their land and turned it into what would eventually become Vietnam. The place where the mother dragon landed was called Hạ Long, the place where the children arrived took the name of Bái Tử Long (Bái: to be following, Tử: children, Long: dragon), and the place where the sons violently wagged their tails he was called Bạch Long Vỹ (Bạch: white color of foam, Long: dragon, Vỹ: tail).
Halong Bay is located in northeastern Vietnam, between longitudes 106°56' and 107°37' East and latitudes 20°43' and 21°09' North. The bay is located in the Yên Hưng district, between the city of Hạ Long and Cẩm Phả, up to the district of Vân Đồn, bordered to the south and southeast by the Gulf of Tonkin, to the north by China and to the west and south west with Cat Ba Island. The bay occupies 120 km of coastline and covers an area of approximately 1,553 km², with approximately 1,969 islets. The UNESCO protected area comprises about 434 km² and 775 islands, the core of which is bounded by 69 points: Đầu Gỗ Island in the west, Ba Hầm Lake in the south and Cống Tây Island in the east. The protected area extends from the Cái Dăm fuel depot to Quang Hanh Township.
Climate
The bay is a marine island with a humid tropical climate and two seasons: a hot and rainy summer and a dry and cold winter. The average temperature is 15°C-25°C. The annual rainfall varies between 2,000 and 2,200 mm. Ha Long has the typical diurnal system of tides (with a range of 3.5-4 meters level). The salinity is between 31 and 34.5 MT in the dry season, and is obviously lower in the rainy season.
Below I have the pleasure of attaching the travel notes of two participants in the expedition, Cristina and Milena, who with patience and passion have put pen to paper, drawing and snatching information from Vietnamese guides.
Cave of Surprises in Ha Long Bay.
Within minutes we were near the cave, where there was a concrete jetty all along the edge of the mountain. Horrible. We climbed onto the jetty together with a myriad of other tourists, then in single file we climbed a hundred steps to get to the entrance to the cave of surprises.
The cave of surprises, a UNESCO heritage site, is already dead, stalactites and stalagmites no longer grow. The number of caves that can be visited is limited, to avoid damage from tourism. The largest cave in the world is also located in Vietnam. The cave of surprises has 3 rooms.
Karst: consists of the dissolution of limestone rocks. In Halong Bay the limestone rocks have formed x karst caves and rocks that are called CARIATE. In the cave of surprises, there is a bigger surprise in every room. Small medium and large room. The guides recognize various animals in the shape of the cave, including a rock in the shape of a turtle, and they touch its head and leave money as an omen of longevity and luck.
Retrieved from wikipedia
Ha Long Bay or Halong Bay (Vịnh Hạ Long in Vietnamese, baie d'Along or baie d'Halong in French) is an inlet located in the Gulf of Tonkin, in Vietnamese territory. It is part of Quang Ninh province and comprises about 2,000 limestone islets with numerous karst caves. The bay is located 164 km east of the capital Hanoi, not far from the border with China. In Vietnamese the term "Hạ Long" means "where the dragon descends into the sea". It has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994.
A local legend says that many years ago the Vietnamese were fighting the Chinese invaders; the gods sent a family of dragons to help them. These dragons began to spit out jewels which turned into the islands and islets dotting the bay, later uniting them to form a wall against the invaders. People saved their land and turned it into what would eventually become Vietnam. The place where the mother dragon landed was called Hạ Long, the place where the children arrived took the name of Bái Tử Long (Bái: to be following, Tử: children, Long: dragon), and the place where the sons violently wagged their tails he was called Bạch Long Vỹ (Bạch: white color of foam, Long: dragon, Vỹ: tail).
Halong Bay is located in northeastern Vietnam, between longitudes 106°56' and 107°37' East and latitudes 20°43' and 21°09' North. The bay is located in the Yên Hưng district, between the city of Hạ Long and Cẩm Phả, up to the district of Vân Đồn, bordered to the south and southeast by the Gulf of Tonkin, to the north by China and to the west and south west with Cat Ba Island. The bay occupies 120 km of coastline and covers an area of approximately 1,553 km², with approximately 1,969 islets. The UNESCO protected area comprises about 434 km² and 775 islands, the core of which is bounded by 69 points: Đầu Gỗ Island in the west, Ba Hầm Lake in the south and Cống Tây Island in the east. The protected area extends from the Cái Dăm fuel depot to Quang Hanh Township.
Climate
The bay is a marine island with a humid tropical climate and two seasons: a hot and rainy summer and a dry and cold winter. The average temperature is 15°C-25°C. The annual rainfall varies between 2,000 and 2,200 mm. Ha Long has the typical diurnal system of tides (with a range of 3.5-4 meters level). The salinity is between 31 and 34.5 MT in the dry season, and is obviously lower in the rainy season.
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