{"id":1953,"date":"2010-03-11T22:04:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T22:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/cruising-halong-bay-gulf-of-tonkin-south-china-sea-vietnam-2\/"},"modified":"2011-09-19T09:44:23","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T09:44:23","slug":"cruising-halong-bay-gulf-of-tonkin-south-china-sea-vietnam-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karlgrobl.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/cruising-halong-bay-gulf-of-tonkin-south-china-sea-vietnam-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruising Halong Bay, Gulf of Tonkin, South China sea, Vietnam:"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_YDfGGOSO8bI\/S5nLmwUuOQI\/AAAAAAAAAxI\/cJgvfwYysuE\/s1600-h\/grouphalongbay.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_YDfGGOSO8bI\/S5nLmwUuOQI\/AAAAAAAAAxI\/cJgvfwYysuE\/s320\/grouphalongbay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last night we arrived on Cat Ba Island in the gulf of Tonkin. Cruising Halong bay on a Chinese Junk boat was an amazing experience.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_YDfGGOSO8bI\/S5nME7VcASI\/AAAAAAAAAxQ\/2S-m3D-HcDY\/s1600-h\/catba.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_YDfGGOSO8bI\/S5nME7VcASI\/AAAAAAAAAxQ\/2S-m3D-HcDY\/s320\/catba.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We were virtually alone on our trip through the limestone monoliths because we were taking a unusual route.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_YDfGGOSO8bI\/S5nLg0K_YvI\/AAAAAAAAAxA\/irgxVfUn5Qc\/s1600-h\/hr2l1085_std.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_YDfGGOSO8bI\/S5nLg0K_YvI\/AAAAAAAAAxA\/irgxVfUn5Qc\/s320\/hr2l1085_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the tour guests, Jim House, who\u2019s previously been on several of our tours is shooting a medium format Pentax. He\u2019s having a blast shooting through tons of film!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_YDfGGOSO8bI\/S5nLba0qKnI\/AAAAAAAAAw4\/SVZ4aF47KQo\/s1600-h\/ricepaddy.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_YDfGGOSO8bI\/S5nLba0qKnI\/AAAAAAAAAw4\/SVZ4aF47KQo\/s320\/ricepaddy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier in the day, on our way from Hanoi to Halong City (where we caught our boat) we stopped at some rice paddies long enough to make some great photos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are interested in coming along on one of the small group photo tours that Jim Cline and I are leading, please <a href=\"http:\/\/jimcline.com\/PhotoTours\/tours.htm\">check out this link <\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_YDfGGOSO8bI\/S5nQ1T3JikI\/AAAAAAAAAxY\/NfKdGY0USnM\/s1600-h\/hq8v1212_std.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_YDfGGOSO8bI\/S5nQ1T3JikI\/AAAAAAAAAxY\/NfKdGY0USnM\/s320\/hq8v1212_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Our private boat arriving at Cat Ba Island<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today we head to Hai Phong, then by road to Hanoi and catch the night train to Lao Cai. Upon arrival in Lao Cai, we\u2019re going to visit some local hill tribe markets around Bac Ha. I\u2019ll try to post from Bac Ha, if internet is available. Cheers, Karl<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night we arrived on Cat Ba Island in the gulf of Tonkin. Cruising Halong bay on a Chinese Junk boat was an amazing experience. We were virtually alone on our trip through the limestone monoliths because we were taking a unusual route. 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