Vietnam - Floating village in Halong bay
Ha Long bay (literally: Descending Dragon bay; Vietnamese: Vịnh Hạ Long) is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Quảng Ninh province, Vietnam. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. The Ha Long bay, dotted with 3000 limestone islets rising from emerald waters, is the best known natural wonder of Vietnam. Because of their precipitous nature, most of the islands are uninhabited and unaffected by a human presence. The site's outstanding scenic beauty is complemented by its great biological interest. The islands feature endless numbers of beaches, grottoes, and caves.
The bay is a sea islands in tropical wet with 2 seasons: hot and moist summer, dry and cold winter. Average temperature is from 15°C- 25°C. Annual rainfall is between 2000mm and 2200mm. I was not aware of those cold winter days. When I originally went to Ha Long bay I've imagined, blue sky, dramatic sunset and turquoise water. Instead of that I spend two days on the boat in half rainy, half misty day. I came back with slightly different photos than I originally thought I would take, but I still like the result.
PENTAX K20D, f/6.7, 0.006 sec (1/180), ISO 200, 20.6 mm
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thierry.courosse (busy !!! totally !!!) (41 months ago | reply)
Great, great, great !!! All you shots are fantastic !!! Thanks to share with us !!!
<Jay Photography> (41 months ago | reply)
Wow... Gorgeous! What a beautiful landscape!!
Have a great day! :)
CUSQUENIAN (41 months ago | reply)
Bello.......!!!!!
albi_tai (41 months ago | reply)
Amazing panorama!!
Great shot
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Steve J O'Brien (41 months ago | reply)
Fab, is that the Ba Hàng Bar? it is familiar to People in the UK as the BBC 'TOP GEAR' Programme filmed a special there
BamaWester (41 months ago | reply)
I don't know if there is a limit to the number of times I can say WOW in my lifetime, but if there is, you're photos are taking up more than their fair share. :-)
Love it.....and WOW!
(the original) strobemonkey (41 months ago | reply)
Great photograph!
Pipall (41 months ago | reply)
Ah this looks like an awesome place... great work!
Dani℮l (41 months ago | reply)
That's a wonderful place, great and beautiful view!
Felipe Pitta (41 months ago | reply)
amazing shot!
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Slaff (41 months ago | reply)
amazing photo!
Sandytrail (41 months ago | reply)
Beautiful! Lovely light.
raym☺nd (41 months ago | reply)
a somewhat strange but wonderful scenery...looks like a fantastic place to spend ( some of ) the holidays!
yvon Merlier (41 months ago | reply)
C'est vraiment splendide
Pez Brige (41 months ago | reply)
i was there once... amazing view...
clotx@ (41 months ago | reply)
awasome!!
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Joe Rainbow (41 months ago | reply)
Awesome setting there. Your photostream is fantastic.
© Ainara Garcia - www.ainaragarcia.com (41 months ago | reply)
It's one of the places I want to go in my life!! In december, I saw a very interesting report about Vietnam in the magazine Lonely Planet. And now, I'm watching your fantastic picture! You have conviced me that I have to go there!
JRodrigues. (41 months ago | reply)
Beautiful place. good capture!
.Marcus Sapateiro. (41 months ago | reply)
lembro do filme a ilha.dmais!!!!!
harikakora (41 months ago | reply)
Great shot.
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george paris (busy: on/off again) (41 months ago | reply)
Very nice shot!
Yoann Rigolleau ( busy , busy ) (41 months ago | reply)
Very well done. I love that !
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Luis Marín (41 months ago | reply)
Great shot, nice light.
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A wonderful image, thanks much for sharing.
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Zio Canguro (41 months ago | reply)
WOW!
Hamed Nayernia (41 months ago | reply)
great location
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vulkan75 (41 months ago | reply)
Great shot Lucie.....I wish I travelled as well as you:)
Ian Lambert (41 months ago | reply)
this is an amazing shot, really well captured
Collin Key (41 months ago | reply)
spectacular as always! though here the high exposure is a bit disturbing me.
EllenZab (41 months ago | reply)
Fantastic, well captured!
nur2310 (41 months ago | reply)
great shot!!!
natmurua (41 months ago | reply)
great, i´ve always wanted to go there
albatros11 (41 months ago | reply)
grandiose !