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Halong Bay is absolutely beautiful, there were boats and massive limestones as far as I could see
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I was posting it on the Phoenix cruiser - straight up baller
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It was bright and early when this was taken; just getting ready to have my coffee before setting out for the open sea
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The sights from the top deck of the boat were absolutely incredible - gigantic limestones shooting out from the ocean
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Took a little journey out to see the floating villages
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I gotta get me one of these houses right on the water
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It was so peaceful being out here in the middle of the ocean
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Stopped on one of the really massive limestones to venture into a cave
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Coming out from the cave, caught one of these cruisers just between the trees
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Stopped by a fish farm just off the coast of Halong Bay too, which was really neat to see
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When we parked just off the coast of Cat Ba Island, I was amazed at the number of cruisers I saw
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Shot from the balcony of my hotel on the coast of Cat Ba Island
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More floating villages that I got to check out on the way back to Hanoi; I loved the glassy turquoise color of the water
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Shot of Hanoi as I got back into town - Saigon and Hanoi are like night and day
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Went to check out a really cool little pagoda in the middle of a lake in Hanoi
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It's funny to see the stares that I get in some of these places
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Of course, when I was heading back to Saigon while waiting at the airport, I ran into some monks and had to take advantage of the photo-op
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