Emerald Bay

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We stopped by at Emerald Bay. I didn't bring my parents to see Vikingsholm, one of the finest examples of Scandinavian architecture in the western hemisphere since the path is covered in snow. We did take pictures of the "Tea House" on Fannette Island, ...

... and looked at the beautiful ocean and stormy skies. Then we continued driving south and found a place to sleep right by the beach in Emerald Bay. It was beautiful. Matt and I slept in a tent and they slept in their camper van. Who knew that sleeping on ...

Float through the strangely shaped islands that dot this vast, emerald bay in a traditional wooden junk. Spend a peaceful night on Cat Ba ...

... course Edgewood and hit some range balls in a pretty idyllic setting surrounded by mountains and water. On the way back I happened to catch the sunset while I was near Emerald Bay and watched the mountains, sky, and the reflected water light up in color . ...

... time in Vietnam! The scenery was stunning, sea eagles cruised in circles above our heads, rock formations jutted from the emerald sea that a spattered with abundant plant life. The tiny islands are dotted with grottoes created by wind and waves. After ...

... bay and limestone cliffs jutting out everywhere!  We left the beach and kayaked through a limestone overhang to a small lagoon of emerald green water.  We were the only people in sight and the calm was infectious (just as good as a thai ...

... it all in, course after course of delightfully prepared and presented food and a constantly changing view of limestone kharsts, deep emerald green sea and little boats. To walk of the lunch we set down anchor and climbed to the top of ...

... House, and stopped at an island.  We anchored and took a dingy in to the island.  It looked like a postcard: emerald hillside, white sand beaches and turquoise waters. We hiked to the top of the island for amazing views, then hiked back down to ...

... and moored for the night.  This was where we could go swimming so few of us jumped off and immersed ourselves in the emerald green waters.  Unfortunately, unlike the many other boats around, they wouldn't let us jump off the top so had to settle ...

... as it was pretty tough. My shoulders hurt so much! But the scenery was lovely, the weather a bit warmer, and the emerald water just increadible! We drifted slowely past the enormous rocks jetting vertically up from the calm waters...and then through a ...

... rubbish out into the water. The water must have been as beautiful as in Ko Phi Phi, they say it is meant to look ‘emerald’ here, our pictures from Thailand show crystal clear water that you can see down to the bottom of the ocean, but here in ...

... . It was absolutely stunning - towering limestone cliffs, with lush vegetation clinging to the tops of the islands, rising out the emerald green waters. We also visited a few caves found within some of these islands and saw many spectacular stalgtites and ...

... journey from Hanoi and staying on a boat in the bay for a night. Scattered throughout the bay, there are a couple of thousand limestone islands, surrounded by emerald green water. We docked on a couple of these islands and explored some caves. Later, we ...

... great and after a quick briefing we began cruising to the islands. there are about 2000 islands which all tower out of the emerald water, and the boats are all chinese junk styled cruisers so it creates a wonderful atmosphere - see the pics attached. We ...

Well to be sure, it's after turning emerald green I am now. Having spent the past 9 days travelling with 2 girls from Waterford and a guy from Ulster I'm losing the power to tawk norf Lundun.  My other campanions being French Canadian, Swiss ...