Saturday, October 19 Halong Bay
Six of us, a young German couple, an Englishman who lives in Rome, and Larry Netsy and I, on a smallish boat with a guide and three crew. We just finished a marvelous lunch, a whole fish, barbecued shrimp and pork, cukes and tomatoes, cabbage, rice, beautifully served with fancy folded napkins and tablecloth. Nearby in the bay surrounded by enormous rock formations are fishing boats tied up to rafts, accommodating families with children.
We filled three kayaks, and wandered between the rocks, passed through tunnels to the next bay and back, finally setting up on a sandy beach from where we sunned and swam. Netsy swam the distance back to our boat as we kayaked alongside. Here we are, on the upper deck, sunning and snoozing as I try to figure out how to convey the majesty of the scene around us.
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