Oh Halong Bay. You beautiful land of the descending dragon you. So inherently majestic that even with Bob's big head in my face, you're still a stunner. So magnificent that tour companies and hotels didn't have to trick us into voting for you as one of UNESCO's next Seven Natural Wonders. While we're on that topic. I have two pieces of bo (Vietnamese for beef) with UNESCO. First, everything is a UNESCO World Heritage site. I'm surprised grandma from my banh mi cart didn't make the cut. Second, UNESCO really needs to stop this "New Seven Wonder" shit. The whole point of SEVEN wonders is their rarity. No one is going to say "hey honey, how about going to 39th wonder for vacation?" I'll make allowances for the New Seven Wonders of the World because lets be honest, the original list makers were a wee bit racist. (Seriously though that Jesus statue in Rio is not a "New Wonder".) In fact, let's set some guidelines here. Nothing after the industrial revolution, nothing rebuilt, nothing constructed with power tools and nothing made out of metal, concrete, fiberglass, plastic, rubber or yarn can qualify.
Ali and I went kayaking in Diesel Juice (ahem Halong) Bay and found a rock in a cave that looks suspiciously like a pair of something-that-rhymes-with-malls. Displaying new found poise and maturity that comes with experiencing poor people, we only took 85 pictures each and only turned our kayaks around three times to "capture the right light".
Oh Halong Bay. You beautiful land of the descending dragon you. So inherently majestic that even with Bob's big head in my face, you're still a stunner. So magnificent that tour companies and hotels didn't have to trick us into voting for you as one of UNESCO's next Seven Natural Wonders. While we're on that topic. I have two pieces of bo (Vietnamese for beef) with UNESCO. First, everything is a UNESCO World Heritage site. I'm surprised grandma from my banh mi cart didn't make the cut. Second, UNESCO really needs to stop this "New Seven Wonder" shit. The whole point of SEVEN wonders is their rarity. No one is going to say "hey honey, how about going to 39th wonder for vacation?" I'll make allowances for the New Seven Wonders of the World because lets be honest, the original list makers were a wee bit racist. (Seriously though that Jesus statue in Rio is not a "New Wonder".) In fact, let's set some guidelines here. Nothing after the industrial revolution, nothing rebuilt, nothing constructed with power tools and nothing made out of metal, concrete, fiberglass, plastic, rubber or yarn can qualify.
Ali and I went kayaking in Diesel Juice (ahem Halong) Bay and found a rock in a cave that looks suspiciously like a pair of something-that-rhymes-with-malls. Displaying new found poise and maturity that comes with experiencing poor people, we only took 85 pictures each and only turned our kayaks around three times to "capture the right light". 
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