Panoramic views of Ha Long Bay.

For those of you who are tired of the B.S. and just want to see some outstanding panoramic photos of our trip to Ha Long Bay, this post is for you!  Click on the photo to enlarge it, if you wish.

This is our home in the storm; humble abode; room with a view; lover's secret rendezvous; night's accommodation; etc.

This photo shows Cat Ba Town from the end of the pier.  Our hotel is the tallest one in the middle just left of the pier.  It is the Sea Pearl, but we like to think of it as the Black Pearl.

The next photo shows one of the three beaches near Cat Ba town with yours truly on the right.  The beaches are about a half-mile walk, or electric car ride, from our hotel.  We walked the first beach and then took the cliff walk high above the ocean that lead us to the second beach.  We were tired and skipped the third beach.  Afterward, one of our co-travelers told us of a nearly uninhabited, fee beach, that would have been nice.  I don't know if you can tell, but the water has hundreds of people in it.  The small fee cut the numbers at the third beach.

The following photo shows the panoramic view of the Cat Ba sunset from the roof-top bar.

Ha Long Bay on our return trip to Ha Long Town after our visit to Cat Ba.  We will miss it!