Arrive at the limestone caves:
Tour caves so vast even the slightly claustrophobic are comfortable:
Learn the difference between stalactites (the mineral drippings suspended from the ceiling):
And stalagmites (deposits rising off the floor, built up from ceiling drips):
Tour guides delight in showing things like this stalagmite (not what they call it) to tourists, shining lights on it to be sure no one can miss the reference:
Now see them everywhere:
Soldiers hiding here left their mark:
Emerge back into the sunlight high above Halong Bay with all the tourist boats and some locals’ homes:
Walk “home” to your boat:
Nicci Carrera 
Ha Long Bay is very cool. I was lucky enough to visit about 7 years ago.
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Hi Jeff,
It really is. I was there in 2007.
Thanks for coming by. Look forward to checking out your blog.
Nia
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Nice caves, reminds me of the limestone ones I saw in Slovenia 🙂
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Oh! I’ll have to check those out on your blog.
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Love your photos, Nia. You have a gift as a photographer. And the snapshot of the bay is AWESOME.
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Wow, thank you! I am starting to take photography more seriously, thanks to blogging and the positive feedback, and learning from others’ blogs. Today, I pulled out my SLR and started reading the instructions, took a few shots with it too.
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