Ha Long Bay in Pictures

It's easier and more exciting to compile this entry in pictures. In a hungry nutshell, I went on boat trip around Long Ha and Ha Long Bays. This incorporated encountering fishing villages, chilling, sleeping, eating, Kayaking with a stranger who insisted on stopping to photograph every limestone rockface, one swim, finding a beach with some shells (soul food) and sending mental postcards to everyone I wished was with me.

Here goes:

Below would be Keith from Canada, the retired racing cyclist who photographed every limestone rock face.

And as every lone traveller should have, a series of self portraits to prove you were there. Out of a hundred sad attempts, three or four get selected (replicas of each other, really):

Then one without the flash...just in case:

Back to the scenery minus Jayne:

And just for good measure and to be precise:

I have more food pics to post from last night, but that can be an entry on its own. I'll do a comparative analysis. In colour. Likely mostly of spring rolls. Depending on my mood, I may even assign a rating.