Vietnam Historical Trip, Day 9: Halong Bay

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It took around two and half drive to the jetty before we embarked for Halong Bay trip. Once we boarded into Song Bien 19, we knew that this would be an interesting island trip, as opposed to typical snorkeling and islands hoping activities. Halong Bay was the shot for the Kong movie in 2017 and the island itself was called Skull Island.

We were given a sitting table with an Australian family of three. As I mentioned earlier, there won't be any snorkeling or swimming on this trip, as you can tell based on our attire. So, what are we going to do? Let the pictures do the talking...

The food onboard was amazing.

Halong Bay is known for its sparkling waters,  towering limestone islands and islets, caves, and traditional floating villages. Our boat stopped at one of the village before we transferred to small boat. What happened next simply amazed us of the nature beauties.

You can opt for canoeing around the many of islets
Stalactites formation that hang form the cave's ceiling
Passing through the sea cave to explore the nature beauties

The sea cave opening is quite narrows
The floating village
This lady earns through paddling tourist around the bay
Backed to the boat for next stops

There were abundant of caves in Halong Bay, apart from sea cave. We stopped at Thien Cung Cave. Somewhat a vast cave that offers dramatic rock formation with colourful lighting.

It is listed as UNESCO Natural Wonder of the World

The results from geological process over five hundred million years ago
Natural lighting coming in from  the entrance
We went up the stairs to get to the cave entrance
View of the jetty from the cave

So, there was no wet activities. But we still enjoyed the boat cruised as well as it excellent lunch served on the boat and got a chance to meet John Doe's family... :P

The Australian family
Halong Bay view from the floating village

Location: Hạ Long Bay, Thành phố Hạ Long, Quảng Ninh, Vietnam

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