Six of us left early this morning for the northern coast of Vietnam, Ha Long Bay. The mission trip is over for us and now we are visiting other parts of Vietnam. My first impression of Ha Long Bay - Awesomely beautiful! Imagine over 2000 little mountainous islands jutting up from the waters of the Gulf of Tonkin. I understand this is where the Americans first bombed North Vietnam.
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| Ha Long Bay from top of Ti Top Island |
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| The junk |
We stayed overnight on a junk that took us out to Cua Van, one of the floating fishing villages, where we took a ride in a sampan. It's amazing to see how they live in the village. We saw some of the villagers rowing sampans with their feet. The rowing motion is very different than we are accustomed to.
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| Cua Van floating fishing village |
At night we had a cooking class and learned to make Vietnamese spring rolls. They were really good. I have the recipe and will plan to make some for appetizers the my next social gathering.
Here I am doing Tai Chi on the top of the junk. The food was outstanding. Definitely needed this early morning exercise.
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| Tai Chi the next morning |
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