The wonder of Halong Bay...

I'll wrap up on my holiday cruise with these pics of Vietnam's beautiful Halong Bay which is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was featured in the James Bond movie "Tomorrow Never Dies" starring Pierce Brosnan and Michelle Yeoh.

You can see more professionally taken stunning photos (and videos) of Halong Bay from this site:

http://nature.new7wonders.com/archives/wonder/halong-bay

"Halong Bay is located in Quáng Ninh province, Vietnam. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. The bay has a 120 km long coastline and is approximately 1,553 sq km in size with 1,969 islets. Several of the islands are hollow, with enormous caves, other support floating villages of fishermen, who ply the shallow waters for 200 species of fish and 450 different kinds of mollusks. Another specific feature of Halong Bay is the abundance of lakes inside the limestone islands, for example, Dau Be island has six enclosed lakes."

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Okay, here's my more modest attempt (on a misty early morning) to capture the awesomeness of Halong Bay and one of its grottos/caves which we visited:

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Sign-spotting

Last three such pics from this trip, one from Thailand (royal summer palace, near Ayutthaya) and two from Vietnam (souvenir stall in Hoi-An and marble factory near Danang):