Tail of a dragon
A Vietnamese legend tells that the thrashing tail of a great dragon running from the mountains toward the sea chopped up the land, leaving only the current rocky islands visible above the water in Halong Bay. (Learn more)
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This view from a boat shows Halong Bay between Bai Chay and Cat Ba. Most of the more than 3,000 islands in Halong Bay are small and uninhabitable.
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Photographs by Margery Freeman · Text by Lorraine Aragon
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