Ha Long Bay
May 16th 2015 Ha Long Bay, which translates to Descending Dragon Bay (as supposedly the karst formations were formed by a crash-landing dragon sent by the gods to protect the country from an invading army), is a 3-hour drive from Hanoi. We passed lots of rice and vegetable fields, sometimes with tombstones in the middle. Along the way we stopped at an embroidery factory that employs children born with deformiti
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