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Ha long - Into the Dragon's swimming pool
. Halong Bay is a bit of an oddity really, the beauty of the mysterious, mist shrouded islands that dot the bay standing in stark contrast to the rather seedy little town where you will find yourself billeted. Halong Bay is magnificent – a collection of 3000 or so mountainous islands that rise out of perfectly still emerald coloured water of the Tonkin Gulf. Halong, so the story goes, was created by a large dragon that lived in one of the nearby mountains - the bay was carved out of the...
Raging Bull
. Hauled back from the edge of obscurity around fourteen years ago, the Do Son buffalo fights are framed as a window into hundreds of years of wet rice and martial culture.
Sixteen buffalo made it to the finals.
Decked out in my plastic raincoat, under the brooding Do Son sky, I silently cursed myself for not having learned any songs by Russell Crowe’s band Thirty odd foot of grunt . Somehow it seemed, as I...
Halong Bay - A World Heritage
Halong Bay is located in the northeastern part of Vietnam and constitutes part of the western bank of Bac Bo Gulf, including the sea area of Halong City, Cam Pha Town and part of Van Don island district, Quang Ninh Province... .
Halong Bay Location: Halong Bay is located in the northeastern part of Vietnam and constitutes part of the western bank of Bac Bo Gulf, including the sea area of Halong City, Cam Pha Town and part of Van Don island district, Quang Ninh Province. Characteristics: UNESCO recognized it as the World Natural Heritage two times.
The legend of Halong has it that, “Once upon a time, soon after the Viet people established their...
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