Ha Long Bay was the place I could have spent the entire year sitting on the deck of the boat drinking mojitos and diving off the side into the ocean every time the sun got a bit too hot. It is a Unesco World Heritage site and one of the truly beautiful landscapes of the world. And that is saying a lot after having grown up in the Last Frontier.
The Bay is full of rock formation shooting nearly straight out of the ocean and speckled with little fishing communities that live on floating neighborhoods, family dog and all. We boarded the "junk boat" with sails flying in the light breeze and we were off into the bay to enjoy the scenery. After checking in to our state rooms we were promptly served a five course lunch. After lunch we cruised deeper into the bay and went kayaking through some caves into hidden lagoons. This was truly some of the most amazing scenery I have ever witnessed. After a few hours of paddling we boarded back onto the boat and while waiting to have dinner we all starting diving off of the rigging into the Ocean. As the sun set behind us we took our lasts dives and headed in for another feast.
The next morning we woke early and headed to land for a hike into some big caves up in the mountain side. The caverns and caves were enormous. After the hike we did some more swimming and then headed back to port; our Ha Long Bay tour was over far too quickly.
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