After an exciting week of surgery, our international team
decided to take a day off to relax by visiting Ha Long Bay in the Quang Ninh
province. As one of the Seven Wonders of the World, Ha Long Bay is a beautiful
waterway composed of thousands of limestone karsts and isles. We were fortunate
enough to sail the vast bay and witness all of the stunning views it has to
offer us.
Our
team was also able to climb up one of Ha Long Bay’s limestone islands, an
exhausting but gorgeous journey through the tree and insect infested rock face.
At the tip of the crag, we entered the Hang Sung Sot, a mountain cave covered
in smooth and beautiful phallic rock formations. The immense cave provided us
with a cool atmosphere after our difficult trek up the mountain. We slowly
walked through the illuminated cave, observing the haunting animal and Ho Chi
Minh formations created by the cracks and crevices of the phallic rocks.
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| Some members of our team (Shirley Cheung) |
After
departing the cave and descending the limestone island, our team traveled to
one of Ha Long Bay’s famous beaches. We were able to relax in the bay’s
blue-green water under Vietnam’s gorgeous sun. After cooling off at the beach,
our team sailed back to shore, and then traveled back to Hanoi to get ready for
our departure from Vietnam the next day.
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Ha Long Bay (Google Images)
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