I’m busy and swamped but haven’t posted since Friday and am beginning to shake. Enter Jake’s post announcing water as his weekly Sunday Post theme, so there, potential time management problem averted. Thank you, Jake.
This is Halong Bay, one of Vietnam’s most visited areas, which isn’t managing its potential problems very well. You wouldn’t know it based upon what the locals are trying to sell. And not by what you come across in the majority of the travel blogosphere. The latter is a post topic in and of itself, which I’m forced to save for another time. Suffice it to say that serene scenes like the one above, taken in late October 2010, are fairly rare when the departure pier, below, typically looks like a staging ground for a naval invasion.
Hope you’re enjoying your Sunday more than I’m enjoying mine. 
Nice pics – and great place! I went on a boat ride there some twelve years ago, and went into some caves.
It is a nice corner of the planet but I left quite worried. There were way too many people (and I wasn’t there in peak season), no apparent development plan, and no apparent limits on the number of boats/passengers. The mainland area doesn’t have the infrastructure or services to handle so many people. Status quo is not sustainable.
Beautiful!
Excellent work , Stunning Photograph you have here my friend thanks for sharing this
My pleasure. Thanks for the prompt.
Exotic photos, very nice. I could dream away with the first one…
gorgeous
Love the first shot.
Thanks, it was a nice night.
Breathtaking in mono Bob. Agree with you about over-exploitation. It’s a big issue the world over, I fear as the tourist industry becomes more and more important in sustaining the economies of both the third world and major economies. Look forward to your post on the subject at a later date.
Yes, I’m all for a step back in time too, if it results in shots like the top one.