Halong Bay – Travel with Intent

Evening light on Halong Bay

Halong Bay, Vietnam, September 2017 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 10 August 2021 Posted as part of Photo a Week …

Drying at sea

Halong Bay, Vietnam, September 2017 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 22 March 2021 Posted as part of Monday Washing Lines …

Living in Halong Bay

There are certainly plenty of tourists spending a night or two floating on Halong Bay, but there are local people living on the water too. There are plenty of boats […]

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Sunset at Halong Bay

-China

No junk here

This week, GC and SueW gave us junk as a prompt. I was sure that after recent trips to China, Hong Kong and other countries in Asia, I must have […]

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Infinity

“Only three things are infinite: the sky in its stars, the sea in its drops of water, and the heart in its tears.― Gustave Flaubert, The Letters of Gustave Flaubert, […]

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It is the journey that matters

“The journey not the arrival matters” – T.S. Eliot . . I’m back yet again with my weekly quotation-inspired images, a visual story this week. I hope you enjoyed the […]

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Beginning the day in Halong Bay

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A wordy trip around Vietnam

Paula has given us some terrific words in her Pick-a-Word challenge this week, words that will take us on a speedy trip around Vietnam. This is a country of immense physical beauty, welcoming […]

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Beauty in the patterns

“Find beauty not only in the thing itself but in the pattern of the shadows, the light and dark which that thing provides” – Junichiro Tanizaki, Japanese author, 1886 – 1965 […]

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Mountains and lakes in Halong Bay

A tropical wet climate, a limestone base and 500 million years, has resulted in the immense beauty of Halong Bay in northern Vietnam. The area is scattered with around 1600 […]

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