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halong bay
the surreal landscape of halong bay with it's about 3000 limestone pinnacles protruding from the waters is one of vietnam's most magical sights.

 hanging out with rolf from switzerland  some of the 3000 halong bay islands in the background  working and living combined  fisherman  more fisherman  halong bay limestone formations  inside the hang dau go cave  ...where there is limestone there are caves  halong bay  trying to catch our dinner  ...caught a big one  halong bay  halong bay  joking around with our local guide  vania praying to allah  swiss terrorist?  halong bay from above  halong bay sunset  distortion of facial features  horrible morning after  sleepy halong bay village  kids paddling around, halong bay  halong bay  how must it be to live here...?  halong bay  fossi & vania piffle around instead of paddling...  having a break at one of the 3000 islands of halong  see the stars?  bon appetit!  posing around halong bay  vania perform the sun-dance...  ...fossi joining in  uups, our boat got stuck cause of the tide...  one of the many limestone rocks  cool, eh?  ok  rocks, rocks, rocks, rocks, rocks.... and more rocks!  fossi apparently enjoying  a local fisherman preparing lunch. guess what he's going to eat... ;-)  jungle treck at cat ba island  local home, cat ba island  cat ba island  cheering at a great time  shells fresh from the see  halong bay  our tour guide singing traditional vietnamese songs   trying to learn how to row