Tuesday, 15 May 2012

HA LONG BAY, VIETNAM

Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a popular travel destination, located in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. Administratively, the bay belongs to Hạ Long City, Cẩm Phả town, and part of Van Don district. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes.

Ha Long Bay has an area of around 1,553 km2, including 1,960–2,000 islets, most of which are limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334 km2 with a high density of 775 islets. The limestone in this bay has gone through 500 million years of formation in different conditions and environments. The evolution of the karst in this bay has taken 20 million years under the impact of the tropical wet climate. The geo-diversity of the environment in the area has created biodiversity, including a tropical evergreen biosystem, oceanic and sea shore biosystem. Ha Long Bay is home to 14 endemic floral species and 60 endemic faunal species.

You can see more of my photos from Ha Long Bay here and from Hanoi here.

This post is part of the Our World Tuesday meme.
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8 comments:

  1. lotusleaf15 May 2012 at 17:11

    What an exotic and beautiful place! The floating houseboats look so nice.

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  2. genie15 May 2012 at 19:25

    I have heard for years that Vietnam is one of the most beautiful places to visit. From your photos I can certainly see why. The rock formations are awesome. Are the little houses on the water for the fishermen during the day or do they live there. genie

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  3. Kathy15 May 2012 at 19:29

    I don't think any of us who came of age during the 1960s had the slightly idea what a beautiful country this is. It's truly one I would like someday to visit.

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  4. Sylvia K15 May 2012 at 20:47

    What an incredibly beautiful place, Nick! For those of us who had loved ones serving in Vietnam, I don't think we ever thought of it as having so much beauty only the horror taking place there. Your photos show such an incredibly beautiful and peaceful looking place! Superb captures! Thank you for the different view!

    Sylvia

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  5. Unknown15 May 2012 at 21:01

    How incredibly beautiful!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  6. B i r g i t t a16 May 2012 at 03:40

    Oh wow! I cannot stop looking at the last picture - amazingly beautiful :)

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  7. Laura~Pretty Pix16 May 2012 at 04:12

    Your images are beautiful and somehow comforting.. they impart beauty and serenity to a land that has filled me with sorrow.. I lost my brother to that awful war. You've shown a different, better, Vietnam. Wonderful post.

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  8. Unknown18 May 2012 at 18:24

    Absolutely gorgeous! I posted something somehow similar in Thailand today. :-)

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