HALONG BAY
February 21st 2008 Halong Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage site with more than 3000 islands reaching out of the depths of the Gulf of Tonkin. Ha Long means "where the dragon descends into the sea" according to my well used Lonely Planet. Basically, the legend has it that a huge dragon lived in the mountains and as it ran towards the coast it's tail scooped out crevasses and valleys as it plunged into the sea. The ar
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