On the Way to Halong Bay

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Along the road to Halong Bay there are people selling all manner of things.

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We stopped off at a strange tourist trap full of intricate weaving and tapestry items, pieces of marble art, and other strange things.  The story was that most or all of the people doing the work were disabled in some way.  A few wheelchairs were around and some crutches.  Who knows the real secret to this place.  We sure didn’t!

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Supposedly any of this stuff can be shipped to anywhere in the world.  I would highly suspect if you bought an eagle statue and had it shipped, it would never leave the shop.

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Lots of farming along the roads.

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An old coal-fired power plant.

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There were several units at this power plant.  I can’t imagine that it was very clean energy.

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We drove for a time along the train tracks.  A mixed passenger and freight train was heading in the same direction we were.  It would be interesting to take a train in Vietnam.  Alas, we did not have the time to do so.

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Our first glimpse of Halong Bay.

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Boats of various types waiting.

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