Wow!  One of the most spectacular sites in the world!  Halong Bay is truly one place in all of S.E. Asia that takes your breath away!  There are several other breathless moments in Asia but this is right up there.  If you happen to catch it on a perfect weather day you’re privileged. 

Cruising on a Junk through Halong Bay is very cool and we spent 1 night on this boat with 8 others + staff.   I won’t bullshit, cruising on a Junk is expensive!  Vietnam has the tourist path very well mapped out and equipped and the options are limited.  Vietnam is actually one of the most expensive places in all of Asia to visit.

Ok….they made art out of our food….then we had to guess what it was made of….the smile on my face is because I didn’t want to eat!  I don’t really like clams, oysters or cat fish but that wasn’t the real problem.  Now give me lobster, scallops or shrimp and I’m thrilled.  My problem was that I couldn’t grasp the fact that this seafood came from the very sea which we were cruising in and it was soooooo polluted.  Let me tell you!  Unbelievably polluted!  This was the main dish, made from a pumpkin, beautiful.  I honesty can’t remember what seafood came along with it but it looks like little crabs.  Eating shell fish for two days was not easy for me.  I think I saw the staff scrapping the clams off the stones as we anchored at low tide ….yum!