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Dau Go Grotto
21 Apr
posted by adminCategories: Halong Information
Tags: cruise in halong bay, dau go grotto, dau go island, halong information, halong travel guide
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Among the famous sights of Halong bay is a beautiful grotto with a very simple name: Dau Go (Driftwood grotto). It is located on Dau Go Island. The name of Dau Go comes from the popular story that in the third resistance war against the Mongol aggressors in 1288, Tran Hung Dao ordered the preparation of many ironwood stakes to be planted in the riverbed of the Bach Dang river, resulting in a very famous sea battle, ending in our victory. (more…)
Islands in Ha Long Bay
13 Apr
posted by adminCategories: Halong Information
Tags: bai chay, bo hon island, canh doc island, cua luc bay, dau go island, dinh huong, halong bay, quan lan island, sung sut bay, thien cung, thien long, titov island, trong mai island, tuan chau island
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Once coming to Ha Long Bay, visiters will be surprised by its splendid natural beauty. It is not enough to visit Ha Long Bay by just standing on the coastline to view the high seas (maybe you do not explire anything then). Visitors should try to discover the secrets of this scenery by making a trip on the sea, passing through lagoons, alongn channels and into caves full of eroded stone, rivulets and tree groves. The imagination turns the soulless stone islands of the Creator into fantastic sculptural and artistic works of various graceful shapes. Islands of diversified size, stony ones with trees or not, tall or small, wide or narrow, seem to be saying something to you in their own language,, while you respond according to your own understanding and interpretation.
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Halong Bay - Geographical location
12 Apr
posted by adminCategories: Halong Information
Tags: ba ham lake, bai tu long bay, catba island, cong tay island, dau go island, gulf of tonkin, halong bay, north east vietnam, van don quang ninh, world natural heritage
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Located in the North - East of Vietnam, Halong Bay is considered to be a part of the Gulf of Tonkin, including the territorial waters of Halong city, the township of Cam Pha, and a part of the island district of Van Don Quang ninh province. Halong Bay borders Catba island in the southwest, the East Sea in the east; and the rest is bounded by 120 kilometers of mainland coastline. The limits of the Halong bay area stretch form E106o58′ to E107o22′ and form N20o45′ to N20o50′.