So I took my first swim. Not too bad. It was off the boat.
Now Halong Bay is a beautiful place and Vietnamese people will tell you how beautiful it is every chance they get..
BUT
It will not be beautiful for long if the Vietnamese do not learn to stop emptying their rubbish into it! There was household rubbish everywhere and it really put you off swimming in the water. Our boat has a rubbish bin out the back that was overflowing and rubbish was just blowing into the water. It's a disgrace. Most Vietnamese have not travelled to other countries so have no idea that this is bad. Just a few hundred miles away in the Gulf of Thailand there is a national park that has the same limestone islands as Halong Bay but the difference is that the water is crystal clear and people know not to use it as a rubbish tip!
Shame on you Vietnam.
We also saw some caves that are a major tourist attraction. They were lit up like a disco. I'm not even going to continue with this...
The pics though tell another story so dont go there! Just buy a postcard and say you went there!
5 comments:
jace i love you come back home.
We'll make a greenie out of you yet Jason
Yo Ho Chi Min
when you off to Saigon and where are you stopping on the way. All of Vietnam are after your money but some places lower are better e.g. Hoi An and Nha Trang. ps make sure you do the war museum in Saigon shows the Vietnam war from local view
When in Cambodia, once you have been to Siam Reap go south west and go back to Thailand via coastal border. it is good fun and we got v.stoned all the time
Have fun have read your blog a couple of times......
Thats a poo! ... great photos but!
hola, realmente lindas tus fotos, bueno que con esos lugares no es dificil tener una foto linda, aca en mi pais chile existen unos paisajes naturales (en el norte decierto de atacama y en el sur torres del paine, chiloe, laguna de san rafael), si vienes te puedo invitar a mi casa aunque yo vivo en santiago.
besos chau
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