Ha Long Bay can wait..
Since I’ve already used up my official foreign business trip for the year, I can only look forward to domestic travels, which shouldn’t be less exciting. However, that’s not stopping me from dreaming of destinations outside the Philippines.
The top on my list is Ha Long Bay in Vietnam.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site is about fours hours from the capital Hanoi but I’m sure it’s worth the butt-numbing trip.
I remember seeing it for the first time on Discovery Channel presented by Megan, I think. She was on the junk boat and they were getting large fish and lobsters right off the water. Of course, they could have just planted those for the shoot 
Then they just sailed on with the best view of the sunset. It was love at first sight.
I had my second helping of the Ha Long view in a movie. I think it 
was Indochine. I can no longer remember the plot of the film but I have vivid images of the bay in my mind. When the mist starts descending on some 3,000 limestone islets (some say it’s just 1,600), the place simply turns into something that looks almost ethereal.
Siiigh….
Ha Long will have to wait.. Maybe I’ll see it next year.
