Halong Bay

The last two days I was on a cruise among the limestone cliffs of Halong Bay. It is a gorgeous area with over a thousand limestone towers soaring out of the water. This is one of the floating villages, where local fisherman and their families live in simple shacks built on a floating frame which is linked to their neighbor. They are helped by the government who also provide teachers for their children. Very few can afford a generator so they have no power, and live a simple life at the foot of these gigantic limestone mountains. They also row their boats facing the direction they are going - it looks very strange. Tomorrow I fly to Saigon on Vietnam Air.