下龍灣有四大漁村，村民居住在漂浮的房子或漁船上，以捕魚或養殖海產維生。柯凡漁村為最大的漁村，是我們今天參觀的目的地。我們不想自己划獨木舟（重點是我想專心拍照），就選擇了有船夫搖船的小船，只需要負責欣賞漁村風光即可。

[EN] At Halong Bay, there is “A community of around 1,600 people live on Hạ Long Bay in four fishing villages: Cửa Vạn, Ba Hang, Cống Tàu and Vông Viêng in Hùng Thắng commune, Hạ Long city. They live on floating houses and are sustained through fishing and marine aquaculture (cultivating marine biota), plying the shallow waters for 200 species of fish and 450 different kinds of mollusks (wikipedia).” Cửa Vạn is the largest fishing village and one of the top attractions of Halong Bay. Where we arrived the village, we could choose to explore the village ourselves on kayak or to take small boat rowed by the locals. We decided to take the second choice to capture the daily life of the villagers. Continue reading →

次日，下龍灣在藍天白雲的陪襯下，換上了翠麗的衣裳，讓人看了心情大好。這輯往柯凡漂浮漁村途中的照片。
[NL] In de tweede dag, was het weer mooier geworden. Halong Bay werd opeens nog schitterend. Deze post is voor de fotos onderweg naar Cửa Vạn, de drijvende dorpen van vissers.
[EN] The next day, the weather was good, and Halong Bay looked more impressive and varied. This article includes the pictures on the way to Cửa Vạn Floating Fishing Village. Continue reading →

下龍灣的島嶼當中，有許多是擁有洞穴的。除了最大的木樁洞，驚訝洞是下龍灣行程的熱門參觀景點。我們在大雨中被召集，穿上輕便雨衣、登上小船，就被送往驚訝洞所在的小島。到了碼頭，遊客超多，一片混亂，導遊帶著各自的遊客往驚訝洞裡去。驚訝洞的入口小，內有兩大室，參觀路線只有一條、單向、呈U型。我們開始時還跟著擠，慢慢地落隊了，成了最後歸隊的幾個。參觀過不同的岩洞，驚訝洞不是最大，但亦有它的風采。因為只帶了28-300mm的鏡頭，全集照片就少了廣角才能拍出來的氣派。

There are a lot of natural caves at Halong Bay. The largest one is Hang Đầu Gỗ (Wooden Stakes Cave), but where we visited is Hang Sửng Sốt (Amazing Cave). This cave is located on Bo Hon Island with a small entrance from cliff and two large chambers. Our guide brought us to Bo Hon Island in heavy rain. After enter Amazing Cave, we could luckly keep us most of the time dry and start to make photos. Although we have visited many Karst caves, Amazing Cave still can surprise us with its beauty. Continue reading →