HALONG BAY – DESCENDING DRAGON
HALONG PARTY CRUISE HALONG BAY HAS EXPERIENCED AT LEAST 500 MILLION YEARS IN VARIOUS GEOLOGICAL STATES OF OROGENY, MARINE TRANSGRESSION AND MARINE REGRESSION LANDSCAPE Most travellers booking halong bay tours don’t stay in town, preferring to spend a night out in Halong Bay. The bay has a 120km long coastline with about 1.960- 2.000 islets, most of which are limestone, with thick jungle vegetation, rising spectacularly from the ocean. Several of islands are hollow with enormous caves. The largest is called Hang Dau Go(Wooden stakes cave). There are two bigger islands, Tuan Chau and Cat Ba, and a number of beautiful beaches on the smaller islands. Many of islands have acquired their names as a result of interpretation of their unusual shapes. Such names include Voi islet(elephant), Ga Choi islet(fighting cock), Khi islet(monkey), Mai Nha islet(roof), Kissing cocks,… Other is the abundance of lakes inside the limestone islands. For example, Dau Be is