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July 22, 2015 I'm going to start today to record on a daily basis whatever happens to strike my fancy. So, it is a very cool breezy day. I just posted 5 short book reviews to The Monthly Reading Challenge. I'm suppose to put away some winter wood today from the woodpile outside but I'm playing hookey from work to write so starting this blog will get done. I'm having a daily fight with a flock of English Sparrows that are trying to take over my barn. They are making a terrible mess so they have to go. I have destroyed several nests so far they don't leave but they get out of the barn when I am around. I'm just starting the fight so I guess I don't know how far I have to go to discourage them. I'm trying not to spread myself to thin on WDC because I find so many things that are interesting here and I am trying to work on a new story. I really enjoy sitting at my desk with a cup of tea and reading blogs on WDC. |
| BCoF: BCoF prompt is Halong Bay is located by the sea so needless to say there are a variety of local fruits and vegetables and you can also check out the local seafood. There are huge mounds of crabs, jump shrimp and fish here, and if you want to set up your own beach barbecue later then this is the place to source your produce. Take us on a shopping excursion.What's different about Vietnamese markets versus ours? https://www.visithalongbay.com/travel-tips/halong-bay-food-guide.html https://vina.com/halong-night-market/ https://www.fareastour.asia/guide/detail/what-to-eat-in-halong-bay-22.html   I'm not the bravest eater when it comes to seafood. I do enjoy shrimp and noodles or some fish dishes. I was impressed with a noodle dish called austriella Corrugata. It is served in many Viet Namese eating establishments. One of the Noodle dishes was made of rice, combined with other flavors of vegetables. I like noodles so the ability to make many flavors of noodles is impressive. The Halong night market was my favorite. One of the differences in the market and ours is the ability to barter prices. The market is held at night. Perhaps to shop at a cooler time of the day. This market is large and takes a long time to wander through it. You can buy many types of fresh sea food snacks here. If you are looking for food this is the place to be. Other merchandise includes clothing, jewelry, and sandals. I like the yards of fabric offered. so many colors to choose from. And, tea abounds. They offer teas from Japan and other countries in their stalls. Shopping for fresh vegetables is also a reason so many people are here. The night market is also a good place to ask about local sight seeing places and talk to Viet Namese residents. apondia#1781748 |
| 30 day Halong Bay, we're going for an up-close look at its amazing limestone islands, rock formations and caves. Whittled away over centuries by wind and water, they’re breathtaking. Today we're going to see Sung Sot Cave (Surprised Cave) and Titop island https://www.tripadvisor.com/AttractionProductReview-g293923-d17475877-Halong_Bay... https://indochinatravelblog.com/tag/sung-sot-cave-wikipedia https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g293923-Activities-c57-t54-Halong_Bay_Qu... Discuss what you've learned and what you felt seeing the pictures.   There are over a thousand of those mountainous limestone objects in the Halong Bay. The waters of the bay are quite peaceful. This makes paddling and kayaking a nice way to travel. One of the formations is TiTov Island. It has a special white beach known for its beauty and is a special spot for tourists. Ho Chi Minh and Gherman Titov visited the island together in 1962. Titov is a Russian cosmonaut and Ho Chi Minh honored his visit by naming the island after him. It is now called Ti Top Island. Between 510-470 B.C. there was a lot of tectonic plate movement in the area. It helped along with weather pattern changes over many years to form the limestone mountains which are now rising all over the bay. This is where many caves are found as well as on the local islands. Sun Sot Cave, which is located on Bo Hon Island is one of the most visited caves. The French named it surprise cave because they liked how beautiful it was to them. There have recently been more caves discovered. The 100 steps up to the cave and the limestone walkways inside the cave made me laugh because of the short story I wrote yesterday describing such steps and walkways. I wrote the story before I went to the cave. The lighting of the cave is very beautiful. It plays with the cave objects creating artistic thoughts. Now, if one of the animals I see is a stag, what will I think then? The Viet Namese are artistic people with active, playful minds to have created the stories of armies, and animals protecting this cave. If I was really there I think it would be fun to keep track of the objects in a reality based way to compare what it is suppose to be with what I might see. A camera would be handy to come back with pictures of the cave to study later. What I felt as I went through the cave on the YouTube Lyn posted was how interesting the cave display was. I felt the coolness of the air. I felt the reverberation of sound as people walked through the cave discussing objects. It was sound waves bouncing around in an otherwise densely quiet atmosphere. The air flow inside a cave without tourists would be ancient. Only moved around by wildlife or moving organic beings of some sort. One thing I did not notice was real live cave dwellers in this cave. so, I'm left with the question of what actually inhabits these caves of Halong Bay besides tourists? I also have some questions of about density of limestone mountains and material use of limestone? Ah! Curiosity is always extending the questions? ![Merit Badge in Point of View
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