After all the rain in the mountains of Sapa I was looking forward a lot to the seaside and the strange landscape of Halong Bay. The bay consists of a dense cluster of about 2000 limestone monolithic islands, each topped with thick jungle vegetation, which rise spectacularly from the ocean. Several of the islands are hollow, with enormous caves. Some of the islands support floating villages of fishermen. They live on floating houses and are sustained by capture fishing.
The landscaped changed a lot with the weather: with sun it was beautiful and peaceful, though without the sun it became grey, mysterious and fabulous.
I stayed on a boat that cruised through this beautiful and also strange landscape. I had very nice company by Monika and Angelo, two Swiss travellers who are exploring Vietnam via bike. We slept on the boat, had very good food and enjoyed the breeze. We had a stop to explore one of the caves and some of the islands, did some kayaking.
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