What's Inside Surprise Cave in Ha Long Bay? Ha Long Bay Cruise Day 2

Taken around 6:00am in the morning

After the relaxing massage I had, I had a good night's sleep. As much as I don't want to wake up early, I didn't want to miss the sunrise. Besides, Day 2's first activity was a Tai Chi class on the sundeck at 6:15am! Now, that's a challenge for me!

Not as hard as it looked, woke up around 5:45am and prepared my gear towards the sundeck. I wasn't really interested in the Tai Chi class but I was willing to give it a try. At around 6:15, the class started. I took some photos first and I tried to follow. After a minute, I decided to just take photos. hehe.

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The Real Ha Long Bay Unveiled Onboard Bhaya Cruise

A UNESCO world heritage site Ha Long Bay is one of the must-go places when visiting Vietnam. This nature's wonder is just around 165km from Ha Noi, Northeast of Vietnam. Ha Long literally means "descending dragon".

According to legend, the Vietnamese people had just started to develop their country and to help fight off invaders, the gods sent a family of dragons to protect them. The dragons were spitting out jewels and jades and they turned into island and islets scattered around the bay serving as walls against the invaders. On another end, numerous rock mountains appeared on the sea ahead of the invaders' ships and they got struck by the rocks. After the battle, the dragons decided to peacefuly stay in this bay and the mother dragon descended here, thus the name, Ha(descending) Long(dragon).

As per research, in 1898, a sub-lieutenant named Lagredin and his many crews reported spotting a huge sea snake on Ha Long Bay. Enough of history and legends. Off to the real Ha Long Bay!

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