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Winter season Days in the Bay of the Descending Dragon

Winter season isn't constantly the best time to cruise halong bay, the finest time usually falls around summer time, when the bay is warm and the days last longer then in the winter season. Nonetheless, my quick winter journey was wonderful and much better then I expected when I went on a Ha Long Bay cruise in December.

We arrived in Hanoi at 8:00 a.m. and we got to Bai Chay port around 11:30 am. As I got out of the vehicle, the salty sea air blew through my hair, the northeast monsoon covered the entire port with a fresh, cold breeze. Up in the air, there were some eagles zipping; this was the first time, I saw an eagle that close. It took about 1 hour on our scrap (a Vietnamese cruise ship) to reach Ha Long Bay. There is no doubt in my mind why Halong Bay was recognized by UNESCO as a World Natural Heritage site. My first thought of the junk ship we secured on our Ha Long Bay cruise was that it looked like a small floating hotels and resort. Taking a look inside the rooms and other centers, I was amazed by its modern-day, lovely feel. The spaces on board the ship met the standards for a normal 4 star hotels and resort, but we weren't at a hotels and resort, we were navigating out at sea on wood vessel; I was astonished.

Our junk navigated slowly on the green water while we enjoyed lunch with delightfully fresh sea food. After lunch, I had some downtime to relax prior to our kayaking journey on Ha Long bay in the afternoon. I took my preferred book and read it on the sundeck where I can get a good tan. Sitting on the easy chair, a light breeze blew all around me, as I looked around; our junk was surrounded by looming karsts arising from the water. The sun shone over the karsts on a rare sunny day in winter season.

Ha Long Bay hases more than 2,000 islets with hundreds of limestone karsts. Long ago, the Vietnamese people chose the islets in Halong bay presented many excellent concealed treasures. Numerous of the islets were named according to their shape: Ga ChÃ¡" i (Combating cocks) islet, Dua (Chopsticks) islet, Cho Da islet (Stone dog) and lots of others. Since the French colonial duration, the french discovered the primitive charm of Ha Long Bay, they were impressed by it so much that the image of Ha Long Bay was used on the countries stamps, postcards and other files. Ha Long Bay is likewise popular for its caves and grottos such as: Sung Sot (Amazed) cave and Thien Cung (Sky Location) grotto. In side each cave or grotto there are covert chambers with stalactites dropping from the ceiling, producing a remarkable experience as you kayaking through the caverns.

During the afternoon, we kayaked through a drifting village named Cua VÃ¡Âº Â¡ n. Paddling around the town, observing the life of people who live every day in the floating town was an experience I can't describe with words alone. In the floating town, if you desire to visit your neighbor, you need to utilize a boat to go see him, otherwise your choice is to swim. That's why the citizens right here state that the children can swim and row before they can even walk. Touring Ha Long Bay is a stunning destination for discovering and experiencing as a vacationer, however for fishermen here Halong bay is a true blessing from above and their major source for earning a living. The variety of marine environments in Ha Long Bay brings fishermen numerous kinds of seafood that only Halong has. We paddled by a fisherman while on our kayaks; he was on a small watercraft with his fresh catch of crab for the day. We acquired a few of the freshly caught crab, put them in a bag in our kayak with plans to offer them to the cruise liner's chef for supper tonight. As we continued our kayaking journey on the bay we kayaked into a series of caverns. Despite the bright sun outside, it got darker and darker as we paddled much deeper into the cave, hundreds of stalactites fell all around us.

After taking pleasure in the caves, we decided to paddle back to the cruise liner for supper. For dinner that night, our chef surprised us once more with a variety of terrific seafood made in both standard Vietnamese and Western style and obviously he prepared an unique delicious dish from our fresh crabs that we brought him earlier. After supper we delighted in alcoholic beverages at the ship bar and exchanged laughs between the ships personnel and eachother of the days events. They shared their boat stories with us of their adventures navigating on halong bay vietnam.

The next morning I got up early to catch the gorgeous rising sun on the deck of our cruise ship, which I was distinguished the personnel was a should see. Awakening at 5:30 am, there was nothing but darkness, I was disappointed thinking that the day would be foggy and cool. Absolutely wrapped in my blanket standing on the sun deck of the cruise ship I kept an eye out over Ha Long Bay and frantically waited. Lastly, my patience paid off, straight in front of the bow of the ship, the sun slowly increased above two limestone pillars. Looking behind me on the stern, the full-moon was still in the sky and clearly noticeable, it was a wonderful minute seeing both the aurora sky behind me and the red, yellow and pink sky in front of me. As I enjoyed the sunshine review the green water, iridescent as honey, I thought to myself that I've never seen the sun and the moon this huge in the past, I felt that I might connect and hold it with my hands. Black karsts progressively turned deep green as the sun increased over them and the wildlife woke up as I viewed eagles fly overhead as they began searching for morning meal. Birds all around started singing, taking a deep breath, I delighted in the nature that surrounded us.